Refining Video Game Use Questionnaires for Research and Clinical Application: Detection of Problematic Response Sets

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 936-947

  Faust, Kyle A ^a   Faust, David ^b,c   Baker, Aaron M ^b   Meyer, Joseph F ^b  

^a Chicago School of Professional Psychology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral addictions; Careless responding; Defensive responding; Deviant response sets; Problem video game use; Random responding; Video game questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871214162     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-012-9390-5     Document Type: Article

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