Gaming Addiction Scale
Psychology: Mental Health1 sample item
About this scale
Everybody knows that some people get addicted to computer games. The Gaming Addiction Scale measures the level of addiction. Game addiction is related to loneliness, anxiety, and depression (all things you can also measure with PsyToolkit, check the survey). The Gaming Addiction Scale ( Lemmens et al., 2011 ) has been developed for adolescents, although there is no obvious reason why it cannot also be used with adults.
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Lemmens, J.S., Valkenburg, P.M. & Peter, J. (2009). Development and validation of a game addiction scale for adolescents. Media Psychology, 12(1) , 77-95.
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