Screening and assessment tools for gaming disorder: A comprehensive systematic review.
Journal: Clinical psychology review
Volume: 77
Issue:
Year of Publication: 2021
Affiliated Institutions:
College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: daniel.king@flinders.edu.au.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK.
Office of Medical Education, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.
Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Dept of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Outpatient Clinic for Behavioral Addictions, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center Mainz, Germany.
Department of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Discipline of Psychiatry, Nepean Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
General Psychology: Cognition and Center for Behavioral Addiction Research (CeBAR), University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
Division of Psychology, School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
Institute for Psychology, Heidelberg University of Education, Heidelberg, Germany.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
WHO Collaborating Center for Training and Research in Mental Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Yokosuka, Japan.
University of Hertfordshire, University of Cambridge, UK.
School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Abstract summary
The inclusion of gaming disorder (GD) as an official diagnosis in the ICD-11 was a significant milestone for the field. However, the optimal measurement approaches for GD are currently unclear. This comprehensive systematic review aimed to identify and evaluate all available English-language GD tools and their corresponding evidence. A search of PsychINFO, PsychArticles, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar identified 32 tools employed in 320 studies (N = 462,249 participants). The evaluation framework examined tools in relation to: (1) conceptual and practical considerations; (2) alignment with DSM-5 and ICD-11 criteria; (3) type and quantity of studies and samples; and (4) psychometric properties. The evaluation showed that GD instrumentation has proliferated, with 2.5 tools, on average, published annually since 2013. Coverage of DSM-5 and ICD-11 criteria was inconsistent, especially for the criterion of continued use despite harm. Tools converge on the importance of screening for impaired control over gaming and functional impairment. Overall, no single tool was found to be clearly superior, but the AICA-Sgaming, GAS-7, IGDT-10, IGDS9-SF, and Lemmens IGD-9 scales had greater evidential support for their psychometric properties. The GD field would benefit from a standard international tool to identify gaming-related harms across the spectrum of maladaptive gaming behaviors.
Authors & Co-authors:
King Daniel L DL
Chamberlain Samuel R SR
Carragher Natacha N
Billieux Joel J
Stein Dan D
Mueller Kai K
Potenza Marc N MN
Rumpf Hans Juergen HJ
Saunders John J
Starcevic Vladan V
Demetrovics Zsolt Z
Brand Matthias M
Lee Hae Kook HK
Spada Marcantonio M
Lindenberg Katajun K
Wu Anise M S AMS
Lemenager Tagrid T
Pallesen Ståle S
Achab Sophia S
Kyrios Mike M
Higuchi Susumu S
Fineberg Naomi A NA
Delfabbro Paul H PH
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