Table 1

Descriptive statistics of the study participants

VariableTotal sample n = 1731No traffic contravention n = 1248Traffic contravention n = 483p-valueES
Sex (Male)736 (43%)526 (42%)210 (44%)0.60.01
Marital status (Single)1225 (71%)855 (67%)370 (77%)0.010.1
Job (Employed or full-time students)1535 (88%)1107 (88%)406 (85%)0.70.1
Age33 ± 1233 ± 1232 ± 120.30.1
NMPQ Score80 ± 2675 ± 2592 ± 27<0.0010.7
Not being able to communicate25 ± 1023 ± 928 ± 9<0.0010.5
Losing connectedness17 ± 916 ± 821 ± 9<0.0010.6
Not being able to access information17 ± 617 ± 619 ± 6<0.0010.5
Giving up convenience20 ± 819 ± 823 ± 8<0.0010.6

Note(s): Results presented as mean ± standard deviation for continuous data or frequency counts and percentage for categorical data; NMP-Q = Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q); ES = effect size; significant at p < 0.05; ES = effect size for categorical variables, Cramer's V effect sizes were provided, and for continuous variables, Cohen's d. Traffic contravention was a behavior that violated traffic regulations throughout the last four weeks

Source(s): Table by authors

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