Psychometric evaluation of the Russian version of the Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents

Abstract

Problematic gaming has become an emerging global health issue. Formal recognition of gaming disorder in the ICD-11 is a new opportunity for the discipline to conduct further investigation concerning the psychological consequences of problematic gaming. The present study investigated the psychometric properties and construct structure of the recently developed Gaming Disorder for Scale for Adolescents (GADIS-A), a multi-dimensional instrument that screens for gaming disorder symptoms, among Russian adolescent gamers. The sample comprised 933 adolescent gamers (547 boys and 386 girls) recruited via a web-based platform, using a multistage sampling method. Analysis showed the GADIS-A had very good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient = .891; Composite reliability = .89) and adequate test–retest reliability after two weeks (intraclass coefficient =0.68 with 95% CI [0.61, 0.77]. Exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) showed the data fitted well. Measurement invariance testing indicated the GADIS-A was invariant by gender and gaming medium (online vs. offline). As for criterion-related validity, high scores on the GADIS-A positively correlated with scales assessing depression, anxiety, impulsivity, and difficulties in emotion regulation, and negatively correlated with social connectedness and life satisfaction. Using latent profile analysis, four groups of gamers were identified, and problematic gaming was associated with greater mental health problems. The findings indicated that psychological comorbidity (e.g., depression and anxiety) was more prevalent among gamers with higher risk of GD. The findings indicate that GADIS-A is a reliable and valid instrument to assess the symptoms and severity of gaming disorder among Russian adolescents. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-021-02575-w.

Problematic Gaming in Malaysian University Students: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malay Language Versions of Gaming Disorder Test and Gaming Disorder Scale for Young Adults

“…To the best of the present authors’ knowledge, the present study is the first to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Malay versions of the GDT and GADIS-YA among university students in Malaysia. Consistent with previous findings, the present study supported that the GDT has a single-factor structure (Cakiroglu & Alnak, 2021; Cudo et al, 2022b; Maldonado-Murciano et al, 2021; Montag et al, 2019; Pontes et al, 2021; Wang & Cheng, 2020) and the GADIS-YA has a two-factor structure (Mazaherizadeh et al, 2022; Nazari et al, 2022; Paschke et al, 2020). Furthermore, both the GDT and GADIS-YA demonstrated concurrent validity by significantly correlating with the IGDS9-SF, BSMAS, time spent on social media, and time spent on gaming.…”

“…More specifically, the metric equivalence model suggested that factor loadings were similar across gender and gaming time groups, and the scalar equivalence model suggested that values and means were also equivalent across groups. Previous studies have confirmed the measurement invariance of the GDT (Cudo et al, 2022b;Maldonado-Murciano et al, 2021) and GADIS-A (Nazari et al, 2022) across gender. Cudo et al, 2022a found that female gamers tend to use smartphones as a gaming platform, spend less hours in gaming per week, and experience lower levels of online flow as compared to male gamers.…”

“…Currently, the GDT has been validated in a number of languages with promising psychometric properties including Bengali (Islam et al, 2022), Italian (Chiorri et al, 2023), Turkish (Cakiroglu & Alnak, 2021), Polish (Cudo et al, 2022b), Spanish (Maldonado-Murciano et al, 2021), German (Montag et al, 2019), traditional Chinese in Hong Kong (Wang & Cheng, 2020), simplified Chinese in mainland China (Pontes et al, 2021), and English in the UK (Pontes et al, 2021). The GADIS-A has been validated in Russian (Nazari et al, 2022), German (Paschke et al, 2020), and Farsi (Mazaherizadeh et al, 2022) language versions with promising psychometric properties. However, the two GD instruments were majority tested and developed in Western countries.…”

Psychometric properties of the Farsi version of the gaming disorder scale for adolescents (GADIS-A)

“…The construct validity findings supported Paschke et al [ 38 ] two-factor model. These results are congruent with Nazari et al [ 41 ], who also discovered a two-factor structure for this instrument.…”

“…Paschke et al [ 38 ] reported that Cronbach’s alpha for the total GADIS-A scale is 0.91, 0.9 for the NS factor subscale, and 0.87 for the CBS factor subscale. The GADIS-A has also been validated among Russian adolescents, and Cronbach’s alpha reported 0.891 [ 41 ].…”