Pathological video game playing in Spanish and British adolescents: Towards the exploration of Internet Gaming Disorder symptomatology

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Highlights:

• Problematic Videogame Playing [PVP] Scale matches Internet gaming Disorder [IGD].

• PVP versions support to increase cut-off point and present classification accuracy.

• The Spanish and British PVP estimate 7.7% and 14.6% potential pathological users.

• PVP classification accuracy differentiates between social and pathological gamers.

• PVP main symptom is loss of control; and conflict the main addictive component.

摘要

•Problematic Videogame Playing [PVP] Scale matches Internet gaming Disorder [IGD].•PVP versions support to increase cut-off point and present classification accuracy.•The Spanish and British PVP estimate 7.7% and 14.6% potential pathological users.•PVP classification accuracy differentiates between social and pathological gamers.•PVP main symptom is loss of control; and conflict the main addictive component.

论文关键词:Video game playing,Internet Gaming Disorder,Adolescence,Prevalence,Symptoms,Classification accuracy

论文评审过程:Available online 1 November 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.10.011