Prediction of Nomophobia Based on Self-Esteem, Five Personality Factors and Age in Undergraduate Students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of self-esteem, five personality factors and age in the prediction of Nomophobia in Bandar Abbas city students. The method of this research was correlational and the statistical population consisted of all  male and female students of Bandar Abbas universities in the academic year of 2018. For this purpose, 378 students (250) female and (128) male of Bandar Abbas universities were selected by Stratified random sampling. The participants completed the Azadmanesh et al.’s Nomophobia Questionnaire, Five-Factor Personality Questionnaire, Short Version (BFI 10) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics methods  and regression. The results showed that self-esteem variable with beta coefficient of 0.16, variable of   conscientious personality trait with beta coefficient of 0.18, and age variable with beta coefficient of 0.21 could predict negatively and significantly the students' nomophobia. The variable of Neuroticism personality trait with beta coefficient of 0.16 predicted positively and significantly the students' nomophobia. Also, the results indicated that 19% of students’ nomophobia variance was explained by predictor variables.