Assessing Internet Gaming Disorder - insights from our latest research
In this blog, I discuss our new study investigating the relationship between work addiction and burnout
Oct 28, 2024
Understanding professional gaming, gaming disorder, and functional impairments
In this blog post, I discuss the findings of two studies we published looking at the intersection between Gaming Disorder and functional impairments
Apr 6, 2024
Investigating the interplay between gaming disorder and functional impairments in professional esports gaming
Abstract The relationship between Gaming Disorder (GD) and the experience of functional impairments has received considerable theoretical attention in the recent past and current diagnostic approaches underscore the centrality of functional impairments as a requirement for GD diagnosis.
Mar 19, 2024
The interplay between time spent gaming and disordered gaming: A large-scale world-wide study
Abstract Background: ‘Gaming Disorder’ (GD) is now an officially recognized mental health disorder according to the World Health Organization (WHO) framework while ‘Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) remains as a tentative disorder as per the American Psychiatric Association (APA) framework.
Feb 12, 2022
Measurement and Conceptualization of Gaming Disorder According to the World Health Organization Framework:the Development of the Gaming Disorder Test
Abstract Previous research on gaming disorder (GD) has highlighted key methodological and conceptual hindrances stemming from the heterogeneity of nomenclature and the use of non-standardized psychometric tools to assess this phenomenon.
Apr 1, 2021
A new era for gaming disorder research: Time to shift from consensus to consistency
Abstract The release of the first commercial video games occurred in the early 1970s and it took approximately 10 years for the first reports of what we would now term ‘Gaming Disorder’ (GD) to emerge in the scientific literature (Ross, Finestone, & Lavin, 1982).
Jan 8, 2020
Investigating the differential effects of social networking site addiction and Internet gaming disorder on psychological health
Abstract Background and aims: Previous studies focused on examining the interrelationships between social networking site (SNS) addiction and Internet gaming disorder (IGD) in isolation. Moreover, little is known about the potential simultaneous differential effects of SNS addiction and IGD on psychological health.
Dec 1, 2017
The Conceptualisation and Measurement of DSM-5 Internet Gaming Disorder: The Development of the IGD-20 Test
Abstract Background: Over the last decade, there has been growing concern about ‘gaming addiction’ and its widely documented detrimental impacts on a minority of individuals that play excessively. The latest (fifth) edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) included nine criteria for the potential diagnosis of Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and noted that it was a condition that warranted further empirical study.
Oct 14, 2014