Gianna Cappello, Marianna Siino
Media education and educational commons for youth civic engagement. A case study from the Horizon 2020 project SMOOTH
Frontiers in sociology
aim study investigate whether preservice teachers nomophobia levels sense loneliness adjustment university life vary based demographic characteristics additionally regression analyses carried determine whether sense loneliness nomophobia levels adjustment university life predictors quantitative study crosssectional survey research model used total 234 preservice teachers 65 studying elementary mathematics department 81 studying preschool education department 88 studying science education department participated study independentsamples test oneway analysis variance anova simple linear regression analyses used analyze quantitative data main conclusions study students highest sense loneliness students elementary mathematics department students highest level nomophobia science education students students adjusted university life preschool education students b significant differences 1st 2nd year preservice teachers terms sense loneliness nomophobia levels adjustment university life c statistically significant differences mean total nomophobia scores male female students favor females especially losing connectedness able access information subscales nomophobia statistically significant difference found preservice teachers whose mothers high school university graduates terms academic adjustment favor preservice teachers mothers university degrees e preservice teachers stated relationship family good higher levels sense loneliness mobile phone addiction adjustment university life others results statistically significant total scores loneliness scale dimensions except dimensions nomophobia f students hopeful future high sense loneliness adjustment university life also determined students desperate future high mobile phone addiction levels apart nomophobia dimensions social adjustment dimension university life statistically significant differences found hopeful hopeless students terms sense loneliness adjustment university life g statistically significant mean differences found students generally satisfied satisfied life terms sense loneliness adjustment university life dimensions favor satisfied ones h preservice teachers lived alone home higher sense loneliness better adjustment university life also noteworthy students living dormitories higher nomophobia levels others linear relationship found students sense loneliness adjustment university life sense loneliness significant predictor adjustment university life determining students nomophobia levels sense loneliness adjustment university life would beneficial bringing students difficulty adapting new living environments social life