Psychometric properties of three online-related addictive behavior instruments among Bangladeshi school-going adolescents

Abstract

Background Due to the ease of access to the internet in modern society users have become more prone to experiencing addictive behaviors online. The present study aimed to develop and investigate the psychometric properties of the Bangla Internet Gaming Disorder Scale–Short-Form (IGDS9-SF), Gaming Disorder Test (GDT), and Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) due to a lack of existing sound psychometric tools in Bangladesh. Methods A cross-sectional paper-and-pencil survey was carried out among 428 school-aged adolescents who were active gamers (90.89% males; Meanage: 16.13±1.85 years; age range: 10–19 years). Participants were recruited using convenience sampling across four selected schools in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Data collected included sociodemographic information, frequency of internet use and gaming behaviors, psychological states (i.e., Patient Health Questionnaire [PHQ-9], Generalized Anxiety Disorder [GAD-7]), disordered gaming and social media use (i.e., IGDS9-SF, GDT, and BSMAS). Psychometric testing was conducted to examine the validity and reliability levels of the Bangla IGDS9-SF, GDT, and BSMAS. Results The newly adapted Bangla IGDS9-SF, GDT, and BSMAS exhibited adequate levels of internal consistency. All total scores were significantly correlated with depression, anxiety, frequencies of internet use/online activities and gaming, supporting criterion and convergent validity. CFA indicated excellent construct validity as all instruments had a good fit to the data. Conclusions The findings suggest that the Bangla IGDS9-SF, GDT, and BSMAS are sound psychometric instruments due to their satisfactory psychometric properties including internal consistency, criterion validity, convergent validity, and construct validity.

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

“…The psychometric properties of the Malay version of the GDT demonstrated satisfactory level of internal consistency reliability in the present study, which was comparable to previous findings (Chiorri et al, 2023; Cudo et al, 2022b; Islam et al, 2022; Maldonado-Murciano et al, 2021). In concurrence with the existing literature (Islam et al, 2022; Wang & Cheng, 2020), the GDT score was found to be significantly correlated with the IGDS9-SF, BSMAS, time spent on social media, and time spent on gaming, supporting concurrent validity.…”

“…The psychometric properties of the Malay version of the GDT demonstrated satisfactory level of internal consistency reliability in the present study, which was comparable to previous findings (Chiorri et al, 2023; Cudo et al, 2022b; Islam et al, 2022; Maldonado-Murciano et al, 2021). In concurrence with the existing literature (Islam et al, 2022; Wang & Cheng, 2020), the GDT score was found to be significantly correlated with the IGDS9-SF, BSMAS, time spent on social media, and time spent on gaming, supporting concurrent validity. These results are consistent with previous studies on the relationship between GD and time spent on gaming (e.g., Cudo et al, 2020; Evren et al, 2020; Li et al, 2021; Pontes et al, 2021) and time spent on social media (Wong et al, 2020), indicating that increased severity of GD symptoms may be related to longer time spent on gaming and social media.…”

“…The Gaming Disorder Test (GDT; Pontes et al, 2021) and Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents (GADIS-A; Paschke et al, 2020) are both recently developed self-report instruments used to assess GD based on the ICD-11 diagnostic criteria. 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.…”

Investigating the interplay between gaming disorder and functional impairments in professional esports gaming

“…In line with previous research e.g., 28 , 29 , answering all four items with 4 ‘ Often ’ or 5 ‘ Very often ’ was operationalized as being indicative of disordered gaming. A study by Karhulahti and colleagues reported that the GDT had the highest levels of content validity compared to similar measures 30 while a recent study reported that the GDT showed adequate levels of criterion validity and convergent validity 31 . In the present study, the GDT exhibited adequate levels of reliability (α = 0.74; ω = 0.74; Composite Reliability [CR] = 0.74).…”

A Four-Item Questionnaire to Measure Problematic Social Media Use: The Social Media Disorder Test

“…Cudo et al [13] reported a single-factor structure for the Polish version of the GDT. Islam et al [21] presented a unidimensional factor structure for the Bangla GDT (after correlating the error variances of GDT items 2 and 3). Chiorri et al [22] reported a single-factor structure for the Italian version of the GDT in the supplementary materials of their paper.…”