Working towards an international consensus on criteria for assessing internet gaming disorder: a critical commentary on Petry et al . (2014)
Authors
Griffiths, Mark D.
van Rooij, Antonius J.
Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel
Starcevic, Vladan
Király, Orsolya
Pallesen, Ståle
Müller, Kai
Dreier, Michael
Carras, Michelle
Prause, Nicole
King, Daniel L.
Aboujaoude, Elias
Kuss, Daria J.
Pontes, Halley M.
Lopez Fernandez, Olatz
Nagygyorgy, Katalin
Achab, Sophia
Billieux, Joël
Quandt, Thorsten
Carbonell, Xavier
Ferguson, Christopher J.
Hoff, Rani A.
Derevensky, Jeffrey
Haagsma, Maria C.
Delfabbro, Paul
Coulson, Mark
Hussain, Zaheer
Demetrovics, Zsolt
Affiliation
University of DerbyIssue Date
2016-01
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This commentary paper critically discusses the recent debate paper by Petry et al. (2014) that argued there was now an international consensus for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Our collective opinions vary considerably regarding many different aspects of online gaming. However, we contend that the paper by Petry and colleagues does not provide a true and representative international community of researchers in this area. This paper critically discusses and provides commentary on (i) the representativeness of the international group that wrote the ‘consensus’ paper, and (ii) each of the IGD criteria. The paper also includes a brief discussion on initiatives that could be taken to move the field towards consensus. It is hoped that this paper will foster debate in the IGD field and lead to improved theory, better methodologically designed studies, and more robust empirical evidence as regards problematic gaming and its psychosocial consequences and impact.Citation
Griffiths, M. D. et al. (2016) Working towards an international consensus on criteria for assessing internet gaming disorder: a critical commentary on Petry et al (2014), Addiction, 111 (1):167Journal
AddictionDOI
10.1111/add.13057Additional Links
http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/add.13057Type
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09652140ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/add.13057