Level of Student Nomophobia: A Descriptive Study

Abstract

Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) is a new type of phobia that occurs due to the rapid development of technology. This study aims to determine the level of student nomophobia. This research design is descriptive quantitative research. The population in this study was 368 students of SMA Negeri 1 Palu. The sampling technique used was saturated sampling of the entire population with 183 female and 185 male. The research instrument used was the nomophobia scale. The research data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the classification of students' Nomophobia Level for female gender in the high category was 14%, 70% medium and 16% low. While the male gender in the high category is 17%, moderate 47% and low 3%.