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Kim, NR, Hwang, SS-H, Choi, J-S, Kim, D-J, Demetrovics, Z, Király, O, Nagygyörgy, K, Griffiths, MD 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Hyun, SY, Youn, HC and Choi, S-W,
2016.
Characteristics and psychiatric symptoms of Internet Gaming Disorder among adults using self-reported DSM-5 criteria.
Psychiatry Investigation, 13 (1), pp. 58-66.
ISSN 1738-3684
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Abstract
Objective: The Section III of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) proposed nine diagnostic criteria and five cut-point criteria for Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). We aimed to examine the efficacy of such criteria.
Methods: Adults (n=3041, men: 1824, women: 1217) who engaged in internet gaming within last 6 months completed a self-report online survey using the suggested wordings of the criteria in DSM-5. Major characteristics, gaming behavior, and psychiatric symptoms of IGD were analyzed using ANOVA, chi-square, and correlation analyses.
Results: The sociodemographic variables were not statistically significant between the healthy controls and the risk group. Among the participants, 419 (13.8%) were identified and labeled as the IGD risk group. The IGD risk group scored significantly higher on all motivation subscales (p<0.001). The IGD risk group showed significantly higher scores than healthy controls in all nine psychiatric symptom dimensions, i.e., somatization, obsession-compulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The IGD risk group showed differential psychopathological manifestations according to DSM-5 IGD diagnostic criteria. Further studies are needed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the specific criteria, especially for developing screening instruments.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | Psychiatry Investigation |
| Creators: | Kim, N.R., Hwang, S.S.-H., Choi, J.-S., Kim, D.-J., Demetrovics, Z., Király, O., Nagygyörgy, K., Griffiths, M.D., Hyun, S.Y., Youn, H.C. and Choi, S.-W. |
| Publisher: | Synapse |
| Date: | January 2016 |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Number: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 1738-3684 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.4306/pi.2016.13.1.58 DOI |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan |
| Date Added: | 17 Mar 2016 11:48 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2019 13:11 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27157 |
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