<![CDATA[This study was motivated by the high use of smartphones among Guidance and Counseling (GC) students, which may lead to excessive anxiety when separated from their devices (nomophobia) and trigger phubbing, namely ignoring face-to-face interaction to focus on a smartphone screen. For prospective counselors, such behavior may interfere with interpersonal competence and empathy. This study aimed to determine the levels of phubbing and nomophobia and examine the influence of nomophobia on phubbing behavior among GC students from the 2022–2025 cohorts at UIN Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi. This associative quantitative study involved a population of 545 students, with a sample of 231 students selected through stratified random sampling using the Slovin formula. Data were collected using Likert-scale questionnaires consisting of 34 valid items for nomophobia and 26 valid items for phubbing. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test with the Monte Carlo approach, linearity testing, and simple linear regression. The results showed that phubbing behavior was predominantly in the moderate category (45% or 105 respondents), with a mean score of 80.60. Likewise, nomophobia was predominantly moderate (44% or 102 respondents), with a mean score of 106.77. Nomophobia contributed 19.7% to variations in phubbing behavior, while the remaining 80.3% was influenced by other factors outside this study.]]>
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