Textaphrenia, anxiety and sleep disturbance in teenagers

Objective: To explore and predict the association among textaphrenia, anxiety and sleep disturbance. Method: The cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted at Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan, from February to November 2022, and comprised teenagers aged 15-17 years of both genders living in Mansehra, Abbottabad and Haripur cities. Data was collected online using a demographic sheet, Survey for Assessing Textaphrenia, Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Chronic Sleep Reduction Questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS21. Results: Of the 1,000 participants, 500(50%) each were boys and girls. The overall mean age was 16.49±0.835 years. Textaphrenia, anxiety and sleep disturbance had significant positive correlation(p<0.01), while textaphrenia was also a significant predictor of anxiety and sleep disturbance (p<0.05). Boys had a high level of textaphrenia, anxiety and sleep disturbance compared to girls (p<0.05). Conclusion: Textaphrenia was found to have a significant relationship with, and could predict, anxiety and sleep disturbance. There was a high prevalence of textaphrenia, anxiety and sleep issues in boys as compared to girls. Key Words: Textaphrenia, Anxiety, Chronic sleep reduction, Teenagers.