The internet gaming disorder scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 567-582

  Lemmens, Jeroen S ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a   Gentile, Douglas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Game addiction; Gaming disorder; Internet addiction; Pathological gaming; Video games

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DSM-5; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET GAMING DISORDER; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; YOUNG ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERNET; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930712164     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000062     Document Type: Article

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