Working towards an international consensus on criteria for assessing internet gaming disorder: a critical commentary on Petry et al. (2014)

This commentary paper critically discusses the recent debate paper by Petry et al. (2014) that argued there was now an international consensus for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Our collective opinions vary considerably regarding many different aspects of online gaming. However, we conten...

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Veröffentlicht in:Addiction (Abingdon, England) Jg. 111; H. 1; S. 167 - 175
Hauptverfasser: Griffiths, Mark D., van Rooij, Antonius J., Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel, Starcevic, Vladan, Király, Orsolya, Pallesen, Ståle, Müller, Kai, Dreier, Michael, Carras, Michelle, Prause, Nicole, King, Daniel L., Aboujaoude, Elias, Kuss, Daria J., Pontes, Halley M., Lopez Fernandez, Olatz, Nagygyorgy, Katalin, Achab, Sophia, Billieux, Joël, Quandt, Thorsten, Carbonell, Xavier, Ferguson, Christopher J., Hoff, Rani A., Derevensky, Jeffrey, Haagsma, Maria C., Delfabbro, Paul, Coulson, Mark, Hussain, Zaheer, Demetrovics, Zsolt
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2016
Schlagworte:
Behavior, Addictive - diagnosis
Consensus
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Gaming addiction
gaming addiction assessment
Humans
IGD assessment
Internationality
internet gaming disorder
problematic gaming
video game addiction
Video Games - psychology
video game addiction
IGD assessment
Gaming addiction
internet gaming disorder
problematic gaming
gaming addiction assessment
ISSN:0965-2140, 1360-0443
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Zusammenfassung:This commentary paper critically discusses the recent debate paper by Petry et al. (2014) that argued there was now an international consensus for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Our collective opinions vary considerably regarding many different aspects of online gaming. However, we contend that the paper by Petry and colleagues does not provide a true and representative international community of researchers in this area. This paper critically discusses and provides commentary on (i) the representativeness of the international group that wrote the ‘consensus’ paper, and (ii) each of the IGD criteria. The paper also includes a brief discussion on initiatives that could be taken to move the field towards consensus. It is hoped that this paper will foster debate in the IGD field and lead to improved theory, better methodologically designed studies, and more robust empirical evidence as regards problematic gaming and its psychosocial consequences and impact.
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ISSN:0965-2140
1360-0443
DOI:10.1111/add.13057