Toward a consensus definition of pathological video-gaming: a systematic review of psychometric assessment tools

King, D.L., Haagsma, M.C., Delfabbro, P.H., Gradisar, M.S. and Griffiths, M.D. ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524, 2013. Toward a consensus definition of pathological video-gaming: a systematic review of psychometric assessment tools. Clinical Psychology Review, 33 (3), pp. 331-342. ISSN 0272-7358

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Abstract

Pathological video-gaming, or its proposed DSM-V classification of "Internet Use Disorder", is of increasing interest to scholars and practitioners in allied health disciplines. This systematic review was designed to evaluate the standards in pathological video-gaming instrumentation, according to Cicchetti (1994) and Groth- Marnat’s (2009) criteria and guidelines for sound
psychometric assessment. A total of 63 quantitative studies, including eighteen instruments and representing 58,415 participants, were evaluated. Results indicated that reviewed instrumentation may be broadly characterized as inconsistent. Strengths of available measures include: (i) short length and ease of scoring, (ii) excellent internal consistency and convergent validity, and (iii) potentially adequate data for development of standardized norms for adolescent populations. However, key limitations included: (a) inconsistent coverage of core addiction indicators, (b) varying cut-off scores to indicate clinical status, (c) a lack of a temporal dimension, (d) untested or inconsistent dimensionality, and (e) inadequate data on predictive validity and inter-rater reliability. An emerging consensus suggests that pathological video-gaming is commonly defined by (1) withdrawal, (2) loss of control, and (3) conflict. It is concluded that a unified approach to assessment of pathological video-gaming is needed. A synthesis of extant research efforts by meta-analysis may be difficult in the context of several divergent approaches to assessment.

Item Type: Journal article
Publication Title: Clinical Psychology Review
Creators: King, D.L., Haagsma, M.C., Delfabbro, P.H., Gradisar, M.S. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2013
Volume: 33
Number: 3
ISSN: 0272-7358
Identifiers:
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10.1016/j.cpr.2013.01.002DOI
Divisions: Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by: EPrints Services
Date Added: 09 Oct 2015 09:41
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 09:44
URI: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/1188

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