Social Phobia in Higher Education: The Influence of Nomophobia on Social Phobia

The purpose of the study was to determine the level of nomophobic and sociophobic behaviours of young adults and to consider the degree to which being nomophobia relates to social phobia. The research was carried out through relational survey method and the questionnaire approaches over the research population, that is, higher education students at ESOGÜ. Nomophobia (NMP) questionnaire developed by Yıldırım and Correia (2015) and the fear of positive evaluation scale (FPES) developed by Weeks and et al. (2008) were used to identify potential correlation between nomophobia and social phobia levels wit to what extent nomophobic behaviour of young adults forecast their social phobia. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis were applied to dependent and independent variables. For computing SPSS 19.0 statistical software was used. The research concluded that nomophobic behaviour of young adults predict their social phobia levels to a small extent. That is, when nomophobia level increases, their social phobia level is predictable with the increase concerned.