Not Yet Game Over: A Reappraisal of Video Game Addiction

Computer and video game addiction-a comparison between game users and non-game users.

BACKGROUND Computer game addiction is excessive or compulsive use of computer and video games that may interfere with daily life. It is not clear whether video game playing meets diagnostic criteria for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). OBJECTIVES First objective is to review the literature on computer and video game addiction over the topics of d...

Core and Peripheral Criteria of Video Game Addiction in the Game Addiction Scale for Adolescents

Assessment of video game addiction often involves measurement of peripheral criteria that indicate high engagement with games, and core criteria that indicate problematic use of games. A survey of the Norwegian population aged 16-74 years (N=10,081, response rate 43.6%) was carried out in 2013, which included the Gaming Addiction Scale for Adolescents (GAS). Confirmatory factor analysis showed ...

News Feature: Is video game addiction really an addiction?

Video game characteristics, happiness and flow as predictors of addiction among video game players: A pilot study

AIMS Video games provide opportunities for positive psychological experiences such as flow-like phenomena during play and general happiness that could be associated with gaming achievements. However, research has shown that specific features of game play may be associated with problematic behaviour associated with addiction-like experiences. The study was aimed at analysing whether certain stru...

Online video game addiction: identification of addicted adolescent gamers.

AIMS To provide empirical data-driven identification of a group of addicted online gamers. DESIGN Repeated cross-sectional survey study, comprising a longitudinal cohort, conducted in 2008 and 2009. SETTING Secondary schools in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS   Two large samples of Dutch schoolchildren (aged 13-16 years). MEASUREMENTS Compulsive internet use scale, weekly hours of online ...