The Study On Nomophobia and Shyness Among Teenagers

Abstract

Shyness is the tendency to feel awkward, worried or tense during social encounters, especially with unfamiliar people (APA, 2012). Shyness is a social problem affecting many people worldwide. Increasing use of social media, replacing real, direct social interactions does not foster proper development of social skills. Difficulties in establishing or maintaining relationships with other people lead to or exacerbate social anxiety, associated with both shyness and social phobia. The aim of this study was to investigate about the relationship between nomophobia and shyness among teenagers. Methods: a quantitative study was conducted. And the sample size was 100 from different parts of Kerala. It comprised of 70 girls and 30 boys. The sample was elected through online. All sample are teenagers around the age of 15 to 20. In the 1st section the rapport is done followed by nomophobia questionnaire (yilidirim C and Coereia A, 2015) contains 20 items and social reticence scale (Jones and Briggs. 1975) contains 20 items we distributed. The study is done using purposive sampling techniques. Results: this study shows that there is no significant difference in level of nomophobia among teenagers across gender. There is no significant difference in level of shyness among teenagers across gender. And there is no significant relationship between nomophobia and shyness among teenagers.