Psihologija (Jan 2020)
Assessing the symptoms of Internet Gaming Disorder among college/university students: An international validation study of a self-report
- Stevanović Dejan,
- Đorić Ana,
- Balhara Yatan Pal Singh,
- Ćirović Nikola,
- Arya Sidharth,
- Ransing Ramdas,
- Thi Tuong-Vi Vu,
- Huong Truong Ngoc,
- Tadić Ivana,
- Jović Jelena,
- Radovanović Saša,
- Kafali Yilmaz Helin,
- Erzin Gamze,
- Zahir Vally,
- Chowdhury Mita Rani Roy,
- Sharma Pawan,
- Shakya Rabi,
- Moreira Paulo,
- Olayinka Atilola,
- Mohamad Avicenna,
- Campos Monteiro Antônio Luís,
- Campos Pedro de Abreu Monteiro,
- Moreira Silva Cristiane,
- Tavares Jose Carlos,
- Buoli Massimiliano,
- Burkauskas Julius,
- Ivanovic Iva,
- Szczegielniak Anna Rebeka,
- Knez Rajna
Affiliations
- Stevanović Dejan
- Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth, Belgrade, Serbia
- Đorić Ana
- Center for Applied Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- Balhara Yatan Pal Singh
- Behavioral Addictions Clinic (BAC), Department of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Center (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
- Ćirović Nikola
- Center for Psychological Research, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, Serbia
- Arya Sidharth
- Centre for Addiction Medicine, National institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Bengaluru, India
- Ransing Ramdas
- Department of Psychiatry, B K L Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Maharashtra, India
- Thi Tuong-Vi Vu
- South Vietnam HIV Addiction Technical Transfer Centre - University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Huong Truong Ngoc
- Faculty of Public Health, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Tadić Ivana
- Department of Social Pharmacy and Pharmacy Legislation, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Jović Jelena
- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pristina-Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
- Radovanović Saša
- Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia
- Kafali Yilmaz Helin
- Ankara Children’s Hematology and Oncology Training and Research Hospital Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ankara, Turkey
- Erzin Gamze
- Diskapi Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
- Zahir Vally
- Department of Psychology & Counseling, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Chowdhury Mita Rani Roy
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Sharma Pawan
- Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Lalitpur, Nepal
- Shakya Rabi
- Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Lalitpur, Nepal
- Moreira Paulo
- Porto Lusíada University, Porto, Portugal
- Olayinka Atilola
- Department of Behavioural Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
- Mohamad Avicenna
- Faculty of Psychology, State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Campos Monteiro Antônio Luís
- Universidade Estacio de Sá e Universidade Catolica de Petrópolis Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Campos Pedro de Abreu Monteiro
- Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Moreira Silva Cristiane
- Universidade Catolica de Petrópolis Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Tavares Jose Carlos
- Universidade Catolica de Petrópolis Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Buoli Massimiliano
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Burkauskas Julius
- Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, Lithuania
- Ivanovic Iva
- Pediatric clinic, Clinical center, Podgorica, Montenegro
- Szczegielniak Anna Rebeka
- Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Knez Rajna
- Department of Women´s and Children´s health, Skaraborgs Hospital, Skövde, Sweden + University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Göteborg, Sweden
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI190421015S
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 53,
no. 1
pp. 43 – 63
Abstract
The present study evaluated the psychometric properties of a self-report scale for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) symptoms according to the DSM–5 and ICD–11 among 3270 college/university students (2095 [64.1%] females; age mean 21.6 [3.1] years) from different countries worldwide. Croatian, English, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Turkish, and Vietnamese versions of the scale were tested. The study showed that symptoms of IGD could be measured as a single underlying factor among college/university students. A nine item symptom scale following DSM–5, and a short four-item scale representing the main ICD–11 symptoms, had sound internal consistency and construct validity. Three symptom-items were found non-invariant across the language samples (i.e., preoccupation with on-line gaming, loss of interests in previous hobbies and entertainment, and the use of gaming to relieve negative moods). This study provides initial evidence for assessing IGD symptoms among college/university students and will hopefully foster further research into gaming addiction in this population worldwide especially with taking into account language/cultural differences. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 179002]
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