Kanbay, YalçınAkçam, AysunÇınar Özbay, SevilÖzbay, ÖzkanFırat, Meryem2022-05-102022-05-102022Kanbay, Y., Akçam, A., Özbay, S. Ç., Özbay, Ö., & Fırat, M. (2022). Developing Fırat Nomophobia Scale and investigating its psychometric properties. Perspectives in psychiatric care.https://hdl.handle.net/11494/3787Objective: We analyzed the nomophobia concept to develop the “Fırat Nomophobia Scale” to determine the level of nomophobia in individuals aged 15–65 years. Design and Measures: A linguistically and psychometrically validated trial form consisting of 13 statements was applied to a sample of 678 individuals (69% women). Results: The “Nomophobia Scale” that we developed consisted of a single dimension and eight items, explicating 55.9% of the variance concerning nomophobia. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the Fırat Nomophobia Scale is an economical scale with a low number of items and high variance. In addition, it provides valid and reliable measurements. Practice Implications: The present study signifies the importance of research on nomophobia and determining the risk groups and protection strategies.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessNomophobiaReliabilityScale developmentValidityArticle10.1111/ppc.13090Q1