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New Concepts, Old Known Issues: The DSM-5 and Internet Gaming Disorder and its Assessment
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Pontes, HM and Griffiths, MD, New Concepts, Old Known Issues: The DSM-5 and Internet Gaming Disorder and its Assessment, Psychological and Social Implications Surrounding Internet and Gaming Addiction, IGI Global, J Bishop (ed), pp. 16-30. ISBN 9781466685956 (2015) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2015 IGI Global
DOI: doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-8595-6.ch002
Abstract
Background: Following the growing concern about ‘gaming addiction', the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and numerous scholars have suggested the need for unification and consensus for the assessment of gaming addiction, which is now possible given the recent formal recognition of ‘Internet Gaming Disorder' (IGD) by the APA since its inclusion in the DSM-5. Aims: In light of this, the aim of this chapter is to present the main findings concerning the development of the Internet Gaming Disorder Test (IGD-20 Test) and the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale – Short-Form (IGDS9-SF), two newly developed psychometric tools aimed to measure the extent of gaming disorder in online and/or offline players. Conclusions: The present findings support the viability of the two newly developed measures as adequate standardized psychometrically robust tools for assessing internet gaming disorder. Consequently, the new instruments represent the first step towards unification and consensus in the field of gaming studies.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | internet gaming disorder, dsm-5, behavioural addictions |
Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Clinical and health psychology |
Research Field: | Health psychology |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Mental health |
UTAS Author: | Pontes, HM (Dr Halley de Oliveira Miguel Pontes) |
ID Code: | 132495 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2019-05-08 |
Last Modified: | 2019-07-09 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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