• HARSHNA RICHARD QADIR
• DR. VICTOR DEVASIRVADAM

Abstract: In this era, it’s difficult for everyone to stay away from mobile phones, but it seems the adolescent age are more indulge in it. Sometimes for leisure activity, on social media or even for studies. They don’t want to be away from their mobiles. They are in the obsessive use of a smartphone (mobile addiction). This study aimed to explore the nomophobia and its relationship with anxiety among adolescents and to find the correlation between nomophobia and anxiety among adolescents A descriptive research approach and non-experimental research design was used in the study. The data was collected from 106 subjects from Haryana & Delhi.59.4% were having moderate level of Nomophobia and only 0.9% had absence of Nomophobia. 34.9% had severe anxiety related to Nomophobia and 18.9% were having minimal anxiety rest 30.2% had moderate anxiety related to Nomophobia. There was no association with demographic variables like age, gender, educational status, state, religion, place of stay, hours of using mobile (p<0.05) in both Nomophobia and anxiety. Result: There is significant correlation between Anxiety and Nomophobia among adolescents in selected colleges of Haryana & Delhi 2022. Keywords: Nomophobia, anxiety, mobile phone addiction

"An Exploratory study to assess the nomophobia and its relationship with anxiety among adolescents in selected colleges of Haryana & Delhi 2022", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.j590-j604, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306969.pdf

"An Exploratory study to assess the nomophobia and its relationship with anxiety among adolescents in selected colleges of Haryana & Delhi 2022", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. ppj590-j604, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306969.pdf