Demonstrating the validity of the Video Game Functional Assessment-Revised (VGFA-R)

Buono, FD, Upton, TD, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Sprong, ME and Bordieri, J, 2016. Demonstrating the validity of the Video Game Functional Assessment-Revised (VGFA-R). Computers in Human Behavior, 54, pp. 501-510. ISSN 0747-5632

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Abstract

Problematic video play has been well documented over the course of the last decade. So much so the DSM-5 (APA, 2013) has included problematic video gaming as disorder categorized as Internet Gaming Disorder. The field of applied behavior analysis has been utilizing functional assessments for the last 30 years and has showed evidence of effective results across different populations and environments. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation (comprising three studies) was to validate an indirect functional assessment entitled the Video Game Functional Assessment-Revised (VGFA-R). Using academic experts in the field of video game addiction and applied behavioral analysis (n=6), the first study examined the content validity of the VGFA-R and was able to demonstrate the assessment exceeded the criterion for an established assessment. A second study comprising a survey of 467 gamers examined the factorability by using a confirmatory factor analysis, and found that VGFA-R had an overall variance above .60. Within the third laboratory-based study using gamers (n=11), the VGFA-R was examined for construct validity and found the VGFA-R was able to predict 85% of the appropriate function of behavior. Implications of the study are discussed along with the strengths and limitations of the study and future research directions.

Item Type:	Journal article
Alternative Title:	Video Game Functional Assessment [running head]
Publication Title:	Computers in Human Behavior
Creators:	Buono, F.D., Upton, T.D., Griffiths, M.D., Sprong, M.E. and Bordieri, J.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	2016
Volume:	54
ISSN:	0747-5632
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.037 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	02 Dec 2015 09:36
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:58
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26570

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