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ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2018

Psychometric assessment of the Internet Gaming Disorder diagnostic criteria: An Item Response Theory study.

Bruno Schivinski, Magdalena Brzozowska-Woś, Erin M Buchanan, Mark D Griffiths, Halley M Pontes

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Article in Addictive behaviors reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 53 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Bruno SchivinskiBirkbeck, University of London, Department of Management, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, WC1E 7HX London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Magdalena Brzozowska-WośGdansk University of Technology, Department of Marketing, Ul. Narutowicza 11/12, Gdansk 80-233, Poland.
Erin M BuchananMissouri State University, Department of Psychology, 901 S. National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, USA.
Mark D GriffithsNottingham Trent University, International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4QF, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Halley M PontesNottingham Trent University, International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4QF, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Nottingham Trent University · GBBirkbeck, University of London · GBGdańsk University of Technology · PLMissouri State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has been recognized by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as a tentative disorder in the latest fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). In order to advance research on IGD, the APA has suggested that further research on the nine IGD criteria to investigate its clinical and empirical feasibility is necessary. The aim of the present study was to develop the Polish the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short-Form (IGDS9-SF) and scrutinize the nine IGD criteria empirically. To achieve this, the newly developed IGDS9-SF was examined using a wide range of psychometric methods, including a polytomous Item Response Theory (IRT) analysis to evaluate the measurement performance of the nine IGD criteria. A sample of 3377 gamers (82.7% male, mean age 20 years, SD = 4.3 years) was recruited online for the present study. Overall, the findings obtained confirmed that suitability of the Polish IGDS9-SF to assess IGD amongst Polish gamers given the adequate levels of validity and reliability found. The IRT analysis revealed that the IGDS9-SF is a suitable tool to measure IGD levels above the average; however, criteria "continuation" (item 6), "deception" (item 7), and "escape" (item 8) presented with poor fit. Taken together, these results suggest that some of the diagnostic criteria may present with a different clinical weighting towards final diagnosis of IGD. The implications of these findings are further discussed.

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Behavioral addictionsDSM-5IGDS9-SFInternet Gaming DisorderVideo games

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