SEVEN MAGIC DAYS TO PREVENT NOMOPHOBIA
Tia Prasyatiani1*, Dzikri Hijriarahmah2*, Luthfi Assholam Solamat3
1 Ms, Islamic University of Indonesia, INDONESIA, tprasyatiani@gmail.com
2 Ms, Islamic University of Indonesia, INDONESIA, dzikrihijriarahmah@gmail.com
3 Mr, Islamic University of Indonesia, INDONESIA, assholamluthfi@gmail.com
*Corresponding author
Abstract
Mobile phones have become an essential part of modern human life. They have many attributes which make people very attractive. There has been an increasing trend of use of mobile phones that creates the dependency on the use of mobile phones. This issue is then known as Nomophobia (no-mobile-phobia) which is related to discomfort, anxiety, nervousness or anguish which is usually caused by being out of contact with a mobile phone. Many previous studies proved that nomophobia produces many negative psychological impacts. The impacts are anxiety and panic disorder, withdrawal symptoms, social relationship disorder, sleep disorder, behavioral disorder, low self-esteem and self-efficacy, impulsiveness, and aggression (King, dkk,2014; Nikhita, dkk, 2015; Bianchi & Philip, 2005; Kalaskar, 2015). Furthermore, nomophobia can cause cancer because of radiation that is generated by mobile phones in the long term. Because the impacts are quite severe due to mobile phone dependency, some researchers proposed the nomophobia into Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM).
Negative impacts caused by nomophobia make the researchers tried to find some solutions. Some solutions have been found to overcome the nomophobia, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, internet and tech addiction therapy and pharmacotherapy. In Indonesia, applications of those solutions difficult to find. It has been proved that dependency on mobile phones in Indonesia increased about 2% of the total population in 2016. We believe that this phenomenon will continue to increase as features of mobile phone technology grows. To prevent this, we have to perform an action to overcome the nomophobia, especially in Indonesia. This paper offers a solution called as Seven Magic days (SMD). SMD is a new model of psychological treatment that focuses on changing human behavior and thoughts about the dependency on mobile phones. SMD resembles some psychological therapies that have been done before so it can cover the weaknesses of the therapies because there is a control that will be carried out directly and will be evaluated along with the changes that occur after the therapy within 7x24 hours. Although the literature on treating nomophonia is limited to find in Indonesia, we believe that it points to the implementation of SMD to prevent the increase of nomophobia phenomena.
Keywords: Nomophobia, therapy, psychological therapy, mobile phone dependency, Seven Magic days.
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