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Ten-Item Internet Gaming Disorder Test (Igdt-10): Measurement Invariance and Cross-Cultural Validation Across Seven Language-Based Samples Publisher Pubmed



Kiraly O1 ; Bothe B1 ; Ramosdiaz J2 ; Rahimimovaghar A3 ; Lukavska K4 ; Hrabec O4 ; Miovsky M5 ; Billieux J6 ; Deleuze J7, 14 ; Nuyens F6, 8 ; Karila L9 ; Griffiths MD8 ; Nagygyorgy K1 ; Urban R1 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Kiraly O1
  2. Bothe B1
  3. Ramosdiaz J2
  4. Rahimimovaghar A3
  5. Lukavska K4
  6. Hrabec O4
  7. Miovsky M5
  8. Billieux J6
  9. Deleuze J7, 14
  10. Nuyens F6, 8
  11. Karila L9
  12. Griffiths MD8
  13. Nagygyorgy K1
  14. Urban R1
  15. Potenza MN10
  16. King DL11
  17. Rumpf HJ12
  18. Carragher N13
  19. Demetrovics Z1

Source: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Published:2019


Abstract

The Ten-Item Internet Gaming Disorder Test (IGDT-10) is a short screening instrument developed to assess Internet gaming disorder (IGD) as proposed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5), adopting a concise, clear, and consistent item-wording. According to initial studies conducted in 2014, the instrument showed promising psychometric characteristics. The present study tested the psychometric properties, including language and gender invariance, in a large international sample of online gamers. In this study, data were collected from 7,193 participants comprising Hungarian (n = 3,924), Iranian (n = 791), English-speaking (n = 754), French-speaking (n = 421), Norwegian (n = 195), Czech (n = 496), and Peruvian (n = 612) online gamers via gaming-related websites and gaming-related social-networking-site groups. A unidimensional factor structure provided a good fit to the data in all language-based samples. In addition, results indicated both language and gender invariance on the level of scalar invariance. Criterion and construct validity of the IGDT-10 was supported by its strong association with the Problematic Online Gaming Questionnaire and moderate association with weekly gaming time, psychopathological symptoms, and impulsivity. The proportions of each sample that met the cut-off score on the IGDT-10 varied between 1.61% and 4.48% in the individual samples, except for the Peruvian sample (13.44%). The IGDT-10 shows robust psychometric properties and appears suitable for conducting cross-cultural and gender comparisons across seven languages. © 2018 American Psychological Association.
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