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King, DL, Haagsma, MC, Delfabbro, PH, Gradisar, MS and Griffiths, MD 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/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: | Number Type 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.01.002 DOI |
| 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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