Validation of the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale - Short-Form (IGDS9-SF) in an Italian-speaking sample

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 683-690

  Monacis, Lucia ^a   De Palo, Valeria ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^b   Sinatra, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral addiction; Convergent and criterion validities; Factorial structure; Gaming addiction; Internet Gaming Disorder; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; GAME ADDICTION; HUMAN; INTERNET GAMING DISORDER SCALE SHORT FORM; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGUESE (LANGUAGE); PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVENIA; VALIDATION STUDY; AGE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERNET; ITALY; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; ITALY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; TRANSLATIONS; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007451793     PISSN: 20625871     EISSN: 20635303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/2006.5.2016.083     Document Type: Article

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