Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of the possibilities of using the focus group method to studynomophobia among students in Kazakhstan. The relevance of this study is determined by the active use ofmobile gadgets around the world, their inclusion in all areas of human activity, the increase in the number ofusers, the expansion of the capabilities of modern mobile devices and the increase in the time spent interactingwithacellphone.Thearticlediscussesthemethodsofstudyingnomophobia,presentstheresultsofastudyofnomophobiaamongyoungpeopleinKazakhstan.Thenoveltyofthestudyliesinthefirstattempttousethe focus group method to obtain extended information about the manifestation of nomophobia among youngpeople. The article presents the results of six focus groups conducted with students from two universities inKazakhstan:L.N.GumilyovEurasianNationalUniversity(Nur-Sultan)andtheKazakhAcademyofLaborand Social Relations (Almaty). Focus groups were devoted to the study of 10 questions about the degree ofmanifestation of nomophobia among young people, its personal predictors, connection with other gadgets andInternet addiction, and mechanisms that regulate the degree of its manifestation among young people. Thearticle describes the procedure for conducting the study and the results obtained. After analyzing the data, thearticleprovidesananalysisofthefocusgroupmethoditselfasatoolforobtainingdataonnomophobiaamongyoungpeoplein Kazakhstanand sets goalsfor further researchon nomophobia