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Yılmaz, E, Griffiths, MD 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Kan, A,
2017.
Development and validation of Videogame Addiction Scale for Children (VASC).
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 15 (4), pp. 869-882.
ISSN 1557-1874
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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to develop a valid and reliable Videogame Addiction Scale for Children (VASC). The data were derived from 780 children who completed the Videogame Addiction Scale (405 girls and 375 boys; 48.1% ranging in age from 9 to 12 years). The sample was randomly split into two different sub-samples (sample 1, n=400; sample 2, n= 380). Sample 1 was used to perform exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to define the factorial structure of VASC. As a result of EFA, a four-factor structure comprising 21 items was obtained and explained 55% of the total variance (the four factors being "self-control," "reward/reinforcement", "problems," and "involvement"). The internal consistency reliability of VASC has found 0.89. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to confirm the factorial structure obtained by EFA in the remaining half of sample (n= 390). The obtained fit indices from the CFA confirmed the structure of the EFA. The 21-item VASC has good psychometric properties that can be used among Turkish schoolchildren populations.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction |
| Creators: | Yılmaz, E., Griffiths, M.D. and Kan, A. |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Date: | August 2017 |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Number: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1557-1874 |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1007/s11469-017-9766-7 DOI 9766 Publisher Item Identifier |
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences |
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan |
| Date Added: | 17 May 2017 09:39 |
| Last Modified: | 03 May 2018 13:57 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/30689 |
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