1. Assessing the symptoms of Internet gaming disorder among college/university students: An international validation study of a self-report
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Stevanović, Dejan, Stevanović, Dejan, Đorić, Ana, Pal, Singh Balhara Yatan, Ćirović, Nikola, Arya, Sidharth, Ransing, Ramdas, Vu, Thi Tuong-Vi, Ngoc, Huong Truong, Tadić, Ivana, Jović, Jelena, Radovanović, Saša M., Yilmaz, Kafali Helin, Erzin, Gamze, Vally, Zahir, Rani, Roy Chowdhury Mita, Sharma, Pawan, Shakya, Rabi, Moreira, Paulo, Olayinka, Atilola, Mohamad, Avicenna, Antônio, Monteiro Campos Luís, de Abreu Monteiro, Campos Pedro, Moreira, Silva Cristiane, Carlos, Tavares Jose, Buoli, Massimiliano, Burkauskas, Julius, Ivanović, Iva, Rebeka, Szczegielniak Anna, Knez, Rajna, Stevanović, Dejan, Stevanović, Dejan, Đorić, Ana, Pal, Singh Balhara Yatan, Ćirović, Nikola, Arya, Sidharth, Ransing, Ramdas, Vu, Thi Tuong-Vi, Ngoc, Huong Truong, Tadić, Ivana, Jović, Jelena, Radovanović, Saša M., Yilmaz, Kafali Helin, Erzin, Gamze, Vally, Zahir, Rani, Roy Chowdhury Mita, Sharma, Pawan, Shakya, Rabi, Moreira, Paulo, Olayinka, Atilola, Mohamad, Avicenna, Antônio, Monteiro Campos Luís, de Abreu Monteiro, Campos Pedro, Moreira, Silva Cristiane, Carlos, Tavares Jose, Buoli, Massimiliano, Burkauskas, Julius, Ivanović, Iva, Rebeka, Szczegielniak Anna, and Knez, Rajna
- 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/univers ity 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 itemsymptom 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., U ovoj studiji su procenjena psihometrijska svojstva skale samoprocene koja je namenjena proceni simptoma poremećaja igranja kompjuterskih igrara na internetu (eng. Internet Gaming Disorder-IGD) prema DSM-5 i ICD-11 klasifikacijama mentalnih bolesti na uzorku od 3270 studenata (2095 [64.1%] devojaka; prosečna starost 21.6 [3.1] godina) iz više zemalja. Ispitana je hrvatska, engleska, poljska, portugalska, srpska, turska i vijetnamska verzija skale. Rezultati su pokazali da se kod studenata IGD simptomi mogu izmeriti instrumentom u čijoj osnovi leži jedan faktor. Skala od devet stavki koje se odnose na DSM-5 kriterijume i kratka skala od četiri stavke koja se odnosi na glavne simptome prema ICD-11 kriterijumima imaju zadovoljavajuću internu konzistentnost i konstruktnu validnost. Merna invarijantnost u odnosu na različite jezike je utvrđena za tri ajtema (preokupiranost igranjem onlajn igara, gubljenje interesovanja za dotadašnje hobije i zabavu i korišćenje igranja za rasterećenje od negativnih emocija). Ova studija je ponudila početne podatke za procenu simptoma poremećaja igranja kompjuterskih igrara na internetu kod studenata i nadamo se da će podstaći buduća istraživanja zavisnosti od kompjuterskih igrara u populacijama širom sveta uzimajući u obzir jezičke/kulturološke razlike.
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- 2020