Network analysis of additional clinical features of (Internet) gaming disorder

0586464 - PSÚ 2025 US eng J - Journal Article
Martončik, M. - Adamkovič, M. - Ropovik, Ivan
Network analysis of additional clinical features of (Internet) gaming disorder.
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. Roč. 33, č. 2 (2024), č. článku e2021. ISSN 1049-8931. E-ISSN 1557-0657
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA23-06289S; GA MŠMT(CZ) LX22NPO5101
Institutional support: RVO:68081740
Keywords : functional impairment * gaming disorder * network analysis * network approach
OECD category: Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Impact factor: 3.1, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mpr.2021

ObjectivesThere are dozens of screening instruments purporting to measure the (Internet) gaming disorder (IGD/GD). The two prominent diagnostic manuals, DSM-5 and ICD-11, list several additional diagnostic or clinical features and problems (e.g., neglect of sleep, neglect of daily duties, health deterioration) that should co-occur or be caused by the IGD/GD. It remains unclear how specific IGD/GD operationalizations (different screening scales) are related to these functional impairments.MethodsTo explore this, data on six measures of IGD/GD (IGDS9-SF, GDSS, GDT, GAMES test, two self-assessments) and 18 additional diagnostic features were collected from a sample of 1009 players who play digital games at least 13 h per week. A network approach was utilized to determine which operationalization is most strongly associated with functional impairment.ResultsIn most of the networks, IGD/GD consistently emerged as the most central node.ConclusionThe similar centrality of IGD/GD, irrespective of its definition (DSM-5 or ICD-11) or operationalization, provides support for the valid comparison or synthesis of results from studies that used instruments coming from both DSM-5 and ICD-11 ontologies, but only if the goal is to evaluate IGD/GD relationships to other phenomena, not the relationships between the symptoms themselves.
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