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Pathological Video-Game Use Among Youth Ages 8 to 18: A National Study
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Researchers have studied whether some youth are “addicted” to video games, but previous studies have been based on regional convenience samples. Using a national sample, this study gathered information about video-gaming habits and parental involvement in gaming, to determine the percentage of youth who meet clinical-style criteria for pathological gaming. A Harris poll surveyed a randomly selected sample of 1,178 American youth ages 8 to 18. About 8% of video-game players in this sample exhibited pathological patterns of play. Several indicators documented convergent and divergent validity of the results: Pathological gamers spent twice as much time playing as nonpathological gamers and received poorer grades in school; pathological gaming also showed comorbidity with attention problems. Pathological status significantly predicted poorer school performance even after controlling for sex, age, and weekly amount of video-game play. These results confirm that pathological gaming can be measured reliably, that the construct demonstrates validity, and that it is not simply isomorphic with a high amount of play.
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- Authors
- Gentile, D.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-05
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 594-602
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2098620135
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- 1,086
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 138.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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