Nomophobia in Lebanon: Scale validation and association with psychological aspects

Youssef Farchakh; Rabih Hallit; Marwan Akel; Clarissa Chalhoub; Maria Hachem; Souheil Hallit; Sahar Obeid

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249890

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Nomophobia in Lebanon: Scale validation and association with psychological aspects

Youssef Farchakh,

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon
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Rabih Hallit,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon
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Marwan Akel,

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations INSPECT-LB: National Institute of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology and Toxicology, Beirut, Lebanon, School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon
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Clarissa Chalhoub,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon
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Maria Hachem,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon
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Souheil Hallit ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: souheilhallit@hotmail.com (SH); saharobeid23@hotmail.com (SO)

¶‡ SH and SO are last co-authors on this work.

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon, INSPECT-LB: National Institute of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology and Toxicology, Beirut, Lebanon

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6918-5689

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Sahar Obeid

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: souheilhallit@hotmail.com (SH); saharobeid23@hotmail.com (SO)

¶‡ SH and SO are last co-authors on this work.

Affiliations INSPECT-LB: National Institute of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology and Toxicology, Beirut, Lebanon, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon, Research and Psychology Departments, Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon
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Nomophobia in Lebanon: Scale validation and association with psychological aspects

Youssef Farchakh,
Rabih Hallit,
Marwan Akel,
Clarissa Chalhoub,
Maria Hachem,
Souheil Hallit,
Sahar Obeid

Published: April 20, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249890

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