The impact of nomophobia on the sleep quality of students - the mediating role of anxiety and media multitasking
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Nomophobia
sleep quality
anxiety
media multitasking
students
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This study focuses on exploring the effects of nomophobia on sleep quality (insomnia and sleep deprivation) through two mediating variables - anxiety and media multitasking. The questionnaire consists of 5 factors with 20 questions, in which the shortened scales for nomophobia and anxiety are developed based on the NMP-Q and STAI questionnaires. Data was collected from 171 students at the University of Danang - University of Economics. EFA, CFA, and SEM analysis results show that, media multitasking plays an important role as a mediating variable in the effects of nomophobia on insomnia and sleep deprivation. Meanwhile, anxiety mediates the effect of nomophobia on insomnia but does not impact sleep deprivation. Our results also indicate that female students are at higher risk of insomnia than male students when performing media multitasking.
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Đạo, T. B., Đinh Q. T. Bảo, N. T. M. Phương, N. N. B. Uyên, and P. H. Long. “The Impact of Nomophobia on the Sleep Quality of Students - the Mediating Role of Anxiety and Media Multitasking”. The University of Danang - Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 23, no. 2, Feb. 2025, pp. 7-13, doi:10.31130/ud-jst.2025.040.
