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Laxer Clinical Criteria for Gaming Disorder May Hinder Future Efforts to Devise an Efficient Diagnostic Approach: A Tree-Based Model Study
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Pontes, HM and Schivinski, B and Brzozowska-Wos, M and Stavropoulos, V, Laxer Clinical Criteria for Gaming Disorder May Hinder Future Efforts to Devise an Efficient Diagnostic Approach: A Tree-Based Model Study, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 pp. 1-20. ISSN 2077-0383 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has been recognized in May 2013 and can be evaluated
using the criteria developed by American Psychiatric Association (APA). The present study
investigated the role each IGD criteria plays in diagnosing disordered gaming. A total of 3,377
participants (mean age 20 years, SD = 4.3 years) participated in the study. The data collected was
scrutinized to detect patterns of IGD using Conditional Inference Tree (Ctree), a sophisticated
machine algorithm. Participants provided basic sociodemographic information and completed the
Internet Gaming Disorder Scale–Short-Form (IGDS9-SF). The results identified classes of IGDrelated symptoms, indicating that endorsing ‘withdrawal’ and ‘loss of control’ increases the
probability of disordered gaming by 77.77% while endorsement of ‘withdrawal’, ‘loss of control’
and ‘negative consequences’ increases the probability of disordered gaming by 26.66%. Moreover,
lack of endorsement of ‘withdrawal’ and endorsement of ‘preoccupation’ increases the likelihood
of disordered gaming by 7.14%. Taken together, the results obtained illustrate that different IGD
criteria can present with different clinical weighing as unique diagnostic roles in the development
of disordered gaming can be evidenced by each criterion. Moreover, the present findings help
inform future revisions of diagnostic manuals and helps enhancing the assessment of IGD in the
future. Additional research and clinical implications are discussed.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | internet gaming disorder; video games; gaming addiction; problematic gaming; behavioral addictions |
| Research Division: | Medical and Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Public Health and Health Services |
| Research Field: | Mental Health |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) |
| Objective Field: | Mental Health |
| UTAS Author: | Pontes, HM (Dr Halley Pontes) |
| ID Code: | 135425 |
| Year Published: | 2019 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
| Deposited By: | Psychology |
| Deposited On: | 2019-10-19 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-11-13 |
| Downloads: | 2 View Download Statistics |
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