Gaming Disorder Scale for Parents: Reliability and Validity Study of the Turkish Form

Overview

Journal Turk Psikiyatri Derg

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2023 Sep 19

PMID 37724644

Authors

Seher S Palanbek Yava

Caner Baysan

Leyla Baysan Arabaci

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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to conduct the validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Gaming Disorder Scale for Parents (GADIS-P).

Methods: In this methodological study, the study sample consisted of 345 parents who had children within the age range of 10-17 years who played digital games. The study data were collected through the Gaming Disorder Scale for Parents, the Scale for Determining Parents' Perceptions of Computer Game Addiction, and the Digital Parenting Attitude Scale. The Cronbach's alpha analysis for reliability, item total correlation analysis, confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis for construct validity, and clustering analysis for identifying gaming disorder according to the scale scores were used.

Results: It was determined that the content validity index of the scale was 0.97, that item loads varied between 0.617 and 0.863 according to exploratory factor analysis, and that the scale had good fit indices in the confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach's reliability coefficient of the scale was found to be α=0.907, and the item total correlations were determined to be adequate. The criterion validity analysis found a positive and strong correlation with the Scale for Identifying Parents' Perceptions Regarding Digital Game Addiction (r=0.717 p0.001). As a result of the clustering analysis, it was determined that the cut-off value was found as >9 points for "Cognitive Behavioral Symptoms" subscale and as >6 points for "Negative Consequences" subscale.

Conclusion: The results obtained show that the Turkish version of the Gaming Disorder Scale for Parents is a valid and reliable measurement tool.

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