Working towards an international consensus on criteria for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder: a critical commentary on Petry et al. (2014)

Griffiths, M.D. ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524, Van Rooij, A.J., Kardefelt-Winther, D., Starcevic, V., Király, O., Pallesen, S., Müller, K., Dreier, M., Carras, M., Prause, N., King, D.L., Aboujaoude, E., Kuss, D.J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8917-782X, Pontes, H.M. ORCID: 0000-0001-8020-7623, Lopez-Fernandez, O. ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-9156, Nagygyörgy, K., Achab, S., Billieux, J., Quandt, T., Carbonell, X., Ferguson, C.J., Hoff, R.A., Derevensky, J., Haagsma, M.C., Delfabbro, P., Coulson, M., Hussain, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-7678-6615 and Demetrovics, Z., 2016. Working towards an international consensus on criteria for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder: a critical commentary on Petry et al. (2014). Addiction, 111 (1), pp. 167-175. ISSN 0965-2140

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Abstract

This commentary paper critically discusses the recent debate paper by Petry et al. (2014) that argued there was now an international consensus for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Our collective opinions vary considerably regarding many different aspects of online gaming. However, we contend that the paper by Petry and colleagues does not provide a true and representative international community of researchers in this area. This paper critically discusses and provides commentary on (i) the representativeness of the international group that wrote the 'consensus' paper, and (ii) each of the IGD criteria. The paper also includes a brief discussion on initiatives that could be taken to move the field towards consensus. It is hoped that this paper will foster debate in the IGD field and lead to improved theory, better methodologically designed studies, and more robust empirical evidence as regards problematic gaming and its psychosocial consequences and impact.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Addiction
Creators:	Griffiths, M.D., Van Rooij, A.J., Kardefelt-Winther, D., Starcevic, V., Király, O., Pallesen, S., Müller, K., Dreier, M., Carras, M., Prause, N., King, D.L., Aboujaoude, E., Kuss, D.J., Pontes, H.M., Lopez-Fernandez, O., Nagygyörgy, K., Achab, S., Billieux, J., Quandt, T., Carbonell, X., Ferguson, C.J., Hoff, R.A., Derevensky, J., Haagsma, M.C., Delfabbro, P., Coulson, M., Hussain, Z. and Demetrovics, Z.
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell for the Society for the Study of Addiction
Place of Publication:	Chichester
Date:	2016
Volume:	111
Number:	1
ISSN:	0965-2140
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	28 Oct 2015 10:33
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2022 15:11
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25879

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