Factors Influencing Nomophobia Among Undergraduate Students in UiTM Kedah

Smartphones have become a necessity in our lives not only as medium for communication but also act as trading platform for seller and buyer. Initially, the users of smartphones were among those who are working but now even the students using it as teaching and learning tools. The necessity for using smartphones among students emerge during the pandemic Covid-19 where all the classes conducted online. Hence, the reliance on the smartphones is skyrocketed but over dependence may produce negative impact toward the users. Statistics showed that about 71.4% of Malaysian will check the smartphone even when it does not ring. It was stated that in Southeast Asia, Malaysia smartphone users used an average of 187 minutes per day which was the highest in hours spent on their devices. Hence, this research seeks to identify the factors influencing Nomophobia among undergrade students in UiTM Kedah. A cross sectional survey applied among 214 undergrade students and the result showed that they have a high level of nomophobia. In addition, all variables tested in this study have strong correlation toward the Nomophobia among the respondents.