Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short-Form.

IGDS9-SF

What it measures

DSM-5 Internet Gaming Disorder (the 9 IGD criteria) over the past 12 months

Length and format

9 items. 5-point frequency (never-very often, 1-5); summed 9-45 (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages incl. ES, IT, PT, DE, FR, ZH, AR, TR; one of the most-validated IGD measures

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

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.