Is there really an international consensus on assessing Internet Gaming Disorder? A response to Petry et al. (2014)

Griffiths, Mark D. and van Rooij, Antonius J. and Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel and Starcevic, Vladan and Király, Orsolya and Pallesen, Stale and Müller, Kai and Dreier, Michael and Carras, Michelle and King, Daniel L. and Prause, Nicole and Aboujaoude, Elias and Kuss, Daria J. and Pontes, Halley and Fernandez, Olatz Lopez and Nagygyörgy, Katalin and Achab, Sophia and Billieux, Joel and Quandt, Thorsten and Carbonell, Xavier and Ferguson, Christopher J. and Hoff, Rani A. and Derevensky, Jeffrey and Haagsma, Maria C. and Delfabbro, Paul and Coulson, Mark and Hussain, Zaheer and Demetrovics, Zsolt (2015) Is there really an international consensus on assessing Internet Gaming Disorder? A response to Petry et al. (2014). Addiction. ISSN 1360-0443 (In Press)

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Abstract

This commentary paper critically discusses the recent debate paper by Petry et al. (2014) that argued there was now an international consensus for assessing Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Our collective opinions vary considerably regarding many different aspects of online gaming. However, we contend that the paper by Petry and colleagues does not provide a true and representative international community of researchers in this area. This paper critically discusses and provides commentary on (i) the representativeness of the international group that wrote the ‘consensus’ paper, (ii) the voting method used to reach consensus, (iii) each of the IGD criteria, (iv) IGD nosology, (v) criteria omissions and lack of emphasis on critical aspects of assessment, and (vi) lack of field testing and real life confirmation of findings. It is hoped that this paper will foster debate in the IGD field and lead to improved theory, better methodologically designed studies, and more robust empirical evidence as regards problematic gaming and its psychosocial consequences and impact

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