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Spanish Validation and Scoring of the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale - Short-Form (IGDS9-SF)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2020

Iván Sánchez-Iglesias Open the ORCID record for Iván Sánchez-Iglesias [Opens in a new window] ,
Mónica Bernaldo-de-Quirós Open the ORCID record for Mónica Bernaldo-de-Quirós [Opens in a new window] ,
Francisco J. Labrador Open the ORCID record for Francisco J. Labrador [Opens in a new window] ,
Francisco J. Estupiñá Puig Open the ORCID record for Francisco J. Estupiñá Puig [Opens in a new window] ,
Marta Labrador Open the ORCID record for Marta Labrador [Opens in a new window]  and
Ignacio Fernández-Arias Open the ORCID record for Ignacio Fernández-Arias [Opens in a new window]
Iván Sánchez-Iglesias*
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Mónica Bernaldo-de-Quirós
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Francisco J. Labrador
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Francisco J. Estupiñá Puig
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Marta Labrador
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Ignacio Fernández-Arias
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Iván Sánchez-Iglesias. Universidad Complutense. Facultad de Psicología. Departamento de Psicobiología y Metodología en Ciencias del Comportamiento. Carretera de Húmera, s/n, Campus de Somosaguas, Pozuelo de Alarcón. 28223 Madrid (Spain). E-mail: i.sanchez@psi.ucm.es
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Abstract

Since the inclusion of the Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.) (DSM-5), the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form (IGDS9-SF), a short nine items test, has become one of the most used standardized instruments for its psychometric evaluation. This study presents a validation and psychometric evaluation of the Spanish version of the IGDS9-SF. A sample of 2173 videogame players between 12 and 22 years old, comprising both genders, was employed, achieved with a randomized selection process from educational institutions in the city of Madrid. Participants completed the adapted version of the IGDS9-SF, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and a negative cognitions scale associated with videogame use, as well as sociodemographic data and frequency of videogame play. A unifactorial structure with sufficient reliability and internal consistency was found through exploratory and confirmatory analyses. In addition, the instrument was found to have good construct validity; the scoring of the IGDS9-SF were found to show a positive association with gaming frequency, with general health problems, and to a greater extent, with problematic cognitions with regard to videogames. Factorial invariance was found concerning the age of participants. However, even though the factorial structure was consistent across genders, neither metric nor scalar invariance were found; for this reason, we present a scale for the whole sample and a different one for gender. These results suggest that this Spanish version of the IGDS9-SF is a reliable and valid instrument, useful to evaluate the severity of IGD in Spanish students, and we provide a scoring scale for measurement purposes.

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IGDS9–SFInternet Gaming Disorderinvariancepsychometric properties

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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 23 , 2020 , e22
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© Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2020

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