Fear of Missing Out dengan Nomophobia pada Mahasiswa

Kus Hanna Rahmi, Candias Cathartika Sukarta

Abstract

The use of smartphones in students can cause various kinds of negative impacts such as feelings of anxiety when away 
from smartphones. Students experience feelings of anxiety based on the fear of missing out on information and activities 
that other people do, this causes feelings of anxiety away from smartphones which is often called nomophobia. This study 
aims to determine whether there is a relationship between fear of missing out with nomophobia tendencies in psychology 
students. by using a total of 147 respondents from the psychology faculty of University Bhayangkara. The method used 
in this study is correlational with the aim of seeing the relationship of the two variables studied, using SPSS version 25. 
The results of the calculation of the correlation test R = 0.664, with a significance level of p = 0.00 (p>0.05). These results 
show that fear of missing out is positively related to nomophobia in psychology students at University Bhayangkara. 
Suggestions for students in particular are to be able to regulate the use of smartphones as an effort to prevent nomophobia 
tendencies which will have a negative impact on health and social interaction, so that students will find it easier to 
understand. interact and have a calm feeling.