Page No 97-105 S. Antonysamy and J. Parameswari
Periyar University, Salem
The usage of the mobile phone into communication has become indispensable.
Excessive exposure to this device among college students significantly impacts their
psychological wellbeing. The objective of the study is to explore the mediating role of
Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU) between nomophobia and psychological
wellbeing. Data were collected from 420 undergraduate students aged between 17 and
19 years using problematic mobile phone use, nomophobia, and psychological wellbeing
pattern questionnaires. The Amos software was utilized for employing Structural
Equation Modeling (SEM) to examine the mediating role of problematic mobile phone
use. The findings revealed that there is a full mediation of PMPU between nomophobia
and psychological wellbeing. Moreover, significant positive correlation was identified
between nomophobia and PMPU and negative correlation between psychological
wellbeing, nomophobia and problematic mobile phone use. The research discusses
its findings and suggestion ideas for future studies