EXPLORING THE ROLE OF GENDER AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH NOMOPHOBIA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG UNDERGRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JOS, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Gender, Nomophobia, Psychological Well-being, Undergraduates.Abstract
This study examined the role of gender and its relationship with nomophobia and
psychological well-being among undergraduates of the University of Jos, Nigeria.
One hundred and twenty (120) students, consented to participate in the study,
comprising 64 males and 56 females (N=56), ranging in age between 16 to 35 years.
The Nomophobia Questionnaire (Yildirim & Correia, 2015) and the Psychological
Well-being Scale (Ryff, 1989), were used to collect data for testing two (2)
hypotheses. The test results indicated a negative correlation between nomophobia
and psychological well-being of undergraduate students, while nomophobia had no
significant relationship with psychological well-being, but there was a significant
positive relationship between gender and psychological well-being. However,
gender did not significantly moderate the relationship between nomophobia and
psychological well-being. Based on these findings, it was recommended that
counsellors and management of universities should as a matter of policy, counsel
students on the safe use of their smart-phones in order to improve their psychological
wellbeing and overall quality of life
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