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Nomophobia and relationships with latent classes of solitude
Xurong Lu1, Tour Liu1, Xiaorui Liu1
1Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Science of the Ministry of Education, the Academy of Psychology and Behaviour, and the Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China, and the Center of Collaborative Innovation for Assessment and Promotion of Mental Health, China.
Abstract:
Recently, nomophobia (separation anxiety from mobile phone) has become a common phenomenon. The authors' main purpose was to explore latent classes of solitude behaviors and how they are related to nomophobia. Chinese versions of the Nomophobia Scale and the Solitude Behaviour Scale were used in a sample of college students (351 female and 327 male). Latent class analysis, analysis of variance, and regression analysis were employed to classify solitude behaviors and explore the relationship between solitude and nomophobia. A six-class model best fit the data (BIC = 60086.49). Significant differences among the classes were found on nomophobia. Loneliness, social avoidance, and eccentricity significantly predicted nomophobia. Solitude behaviors of college students can be divided into six latent classes. The classes with a high response preference for solitude scored higher on nomophobia, especially the fear of losing an Internet connection. Not self-determined solitude and negative-solitude had a positive effect on nomophobia.
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