Mobile phone usage behavior on risk of developing nomophobia disease among undergraduate students, Faculty of Public Health, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University

Abstract

This survey research aimed to study behavior of mobile phone usage behavior on nomophobia among undergraduate students in the Faculty of Public Health. Ubon Rajabhat University. A relationship between knowledge, attitude and behavior was also identified. The samples were 260 undergraduate students in the Faculty of Public Health. Ubon Rajabhat University., recruited by stratified random sampling. The research instruments consisted of personal data, knowledge, attitude and behavior of mobile phone usage behavior on nomophobia questionnaire. The reliabilities of research tools were 0.92. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient. the results showed that students spent more than 6 hours a day on mobile phone. 83.85 percent of the sample had risk behavior from mobile phone use. The most of them had a high level of behavior (76.92), a moderate level of attitude (67.30) and a high of knowledge (62.30). Knowledge and attitude of mobile phone usage behavior on nomophobia among students had a statistically significant relationship with behavior of mobile phone usage behavior on nomophobia (p<.001). Moreover, Knowledge had a statistically significant relationship with attitude of mobile phone usage behavior on nomophobia (p<.001). The study highlights that knowledge and attitude related to risk behavior on nomophobia. Educators, therefore, should encourage knowledge and change mobile phone usage attitude and behavior for decreasing a risk of nomophobia among students.