articleTop 1% cited

Online video game addiction: identification of addicted adolescent gamers

Addiction · 2010 · Vol. 106(1) · pp. 205–212

Antonius J. van Rooij✉(IVO Addiction Research Institute)Tim M. Schoenmakers(IVO Addiction Research Institute)Ad A. Vermulst(Radboud University Nijmegen)Regina J. J. M. van den Eijnden(Utrecht University)Dike van de Mheen(Erasmus MC)

View via DOI Publisher page

Abstract

The identification of a small group of addicted online gamers supports efforts to develop and validate questionnaire scales aimed at measuring the phenomenon of online video game addiction. The findings contribute to the discussion on the inclusion of non-substance addictions in the proposed unified concept of 'Addiction and Related Disorders' for the DSM-V by providing indirect identification and validation of a group of suspected online video game addicts.

Impact of Technology on Adolescents Digital Games and Media Child Development and Digital TechnologyAddictionPsychosocialBehavioral addictionPsychologyIdentification (biology)Inclusion (mineral)Clinical psychologyVideo gameThe InternetCohort

MeSH terms

AdolescentFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleNetherlandsPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSelf ConceptSocial IsolationTime FactorsModels, StatisticalBehavior, AddictiveVideo GamesInternet

Citations

561

FWCI

68.79

field-weighted impact

References

Percentile

100%

vs. same field & year

Citations per year

Cited by

Internet gaming disorder and the <scp>DSM</scp>‐5