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An international consensus for assessing internet gaming disorder using the new<scp>DSM</scp>‐5 approach

Addiction · 2014 · Vol. 109(9) · pp. 1399–1406

Nancy M. Petry✉(University of Connecticut)Florian Rehbein(Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony)Douglas A. Gentile(Iowa State University)Jeroen S. Lemmens(University of Amsterdam)Hans‐Jürgen Rumpf(University of Lübeck)Thomas Mößle(Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony)Gallus Bischof(University of Lübeck)Ran Tao(The Military General Hospital of Beijing PLA)Daniel Fung(Institute of Mental Health)Guilherme Borges(Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)Marc Auriacombe(Université de Bordeaux)Ángels González Ibáñez(University of Connecticut)Philip Tam(AARNet (Australia))Charles P. O’Brien(University of Pennsylvania)

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Abstract

Using results from this cross-cultural collaboration, we outline important research directions for understanding and assessing internet gaming disorder. As this field moves forward, it is critical that researchers and clinicians around the world begin to apply a common methodology; this report is the first to achieve an international consensus related to the assessment of internet gaming disorder.

Impact of Technology on Adolescents Child Development and Digital Technology Social Media and PoliticsThe InternetPsychologyComputer scienceWorld Wide Web

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AsiaEuropeHumansNorth AmericaSouth AmericaBehavior, AddictiveVideo GamesInternetConsensusInternationalityDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersAustralasia