Nomophobia, short for no mobile phobia, is the fear of not having a working mobile phone available. It has been considered a symptom of problematic digital media use in discussions of mental health, though definitions of conditions in this area remain unstandardized.
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Core Claimthe fear of not having a working mobile phone 1 First Described Year Classification
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Source Nomophobia - Wikipedia
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1. Nomophobia - Wikipedia
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the fear of not having a working mobile phone
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The term "nomophobia" comes from "no mobile phone phobia" and was first used in a 2008 study done by the United Kingdom's Post Office.
In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead section
Nomophobia (short for "no mobile phobia") is the fear of not having a working mobile phone.
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