Effect of Parenting Style in Increasing Pattern of Nomo Phobia Behavioural Pattern in Children’s

Abstract

The term NOMOPHOBIA or NO MObile PHone PhoBIA is used to describe a psychological condition when people have a fear of being detached from mobile phone connectivity. The term NOMOPHOBIA is constructed on definitions described in the DSMIV; it has been labelled as a “phobia for particular things”. The current study aims to examine the relationship between nomophobia and parenting style among college students to gain insight how these variables affect the samples. Correlational design was used. Total sample of 169 participants (males 84, females 85) age ranging from 8 to 17 from various peoples in India and samples were collected through using Convenient Sampling Method. The data were collected using the Nomophobia Questionnaire [NMP-Q]-Yildirim & Correia [2015] and Perceived Parenting Style Scale -Divya T.V & Manikandan K. This research finding there is to check the significant relationship of the effects of parenting style on Nomophobia. It is to be found that the relationship is not evident but it was observed that constant monitoring does help to prevent the development of this selected phobia.