1. assessement of nomophobia score, mental health and self-esteem scores.
2. received 3 counselling sessions based on health belief model merged with smart phone action cues.
3. assessment of nomophobia score, mental health and self-esteem scores post intervention

assessment of nomophobia score, mental health and self-esteem scores at the same time interval of the intervention group, pre and post intervention

the counselling sessions were adopted from the health belief model with the cues of action depending on mobile phones as muting notifications, removing social media and using computers instead if possible.

apply the counseling program and reassess the nomophobia level post-intervention by using the nomophobia questionnaire developed by Yildirim & Correia (2015). With a total of twenty statements on the questionnaire, responses were recorded on a 7-point Likert scale, with 7 representing strongly agree and 1 representing strongly disagree. The lack of nomophobia corresponded to a score of 20. Mild nomophobia was indicated by questionnaire scores ranging from 21 ≤ to < 60. On the other hand, scores between 60 and less than 100 suggested a moderate level of nomophobia, while scores between 100 and 140 indicated a severe level of nomophobia

apply the counseling program and comparing the nomophobia score with the control group post intervention at same time frame, by using the nomophobia questionnaire developed by (Yildirim & Correia, 2015) where severe nomophobes are those with a score above 100, comparing the post counseling sessions score between the intervention or the control group whether there was a significant decline in the nomophobia score.

pre and post intervention nomophobia scores using the nomophobia questionnaire were correlated to the self-esteem scores using state self esteem questionnaire with r value expressed to show whether the correlation is positive or negative and it's strength.

as well the nomophobia scores using nomophobia questionnaire were correlated to the mental health scores using the mental health inventory questionnaire, where positive r indicates positive correlation and negative r indicates an inverse correlation, the strength of the correlation is determined by the value of r.