Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form
IGDS9-SFA 9-item scale assessing Internet Gaming Disorder against the nine DSM-5 criteria over the past 12 months.
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Reliability & validation
Response anchors
Never · Rarely · Sometimes · Often · Very often
Known limitations
Maps to DSM-5's provisional criteria, which remain debated; it is a screening measure rather than a diagnosis, and prevalence estimates vary widely with the scoring method used.
Original citation
Pontes, H. M., Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Measuring DSM-5 Internet Gaming Disorder: Development and validation of a short psychometric scale. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 137-143.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.12.006Questions researchers ask
What does the IGDS9-SF measure?
A 9-item scale assessing Internet Gaming Disorder against the nine DSM-5 criteria over the past 12 months.
How many items does the IGDS9-SF have?
The Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form (IGDS9-SF) has 9 items.
Is the IGDS9-SF free to use?
The IGDS9-SF is free to use for non-commercial academic research. You don't need to pay a license fee, but you should always cite the original publication.
Is the IGDS9-SF reliable?
Validation studies report Cronbach's α of 0.87. See the reliability section for the population studied and full statistics.
Who developed the IGDS9-SF, and how do I cite it?
Pontes, H. M., Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Measuring DSM-5 Internet Gaming Disorder: Development and validation of a short psychometric scale. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.12.006
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