Video Game Structural Features Are Related to Internet Gaming Disorder and Motivations of Play: Design and Validation of the Video Game Structure Scale (VGSS).
Structural characteristics of video games influence the development of maladaptive behavioral patterns such as Internet gaming disorder (IGD). The aim of this study was to develop and validate a tool to evaluate users' perceptions of video game structural features. The sample was composed of 502 gam...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 1159 - 1178 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=193493000&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 193493000 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15571874 46AW jtl: International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction issn: 15571874 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2026 vid: 24 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 193493000 10.1007/s11469-025-01442-0 ppf: 1159 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 845KB tig: atl: Video Game Structural Features Are Related to Internet Gaming Disorder and Motivations of Play: Design and Validation of the Video Game Structure Scale (VGSS). aug: au: Carmona, Arnau Carbonell, Xavier Bonilla, Iván Ivern, Jan Chamarro, Andrés affil: https://ror.org/04p9k2z50 Departament de Psicologia. FPCEE Blanquerna, Universitat Ramon Llull, Císter, 34., 08022, Barcelona, Spain https://ror.org/00gy2ar74 Etiopatogènia I Tractament Dels Trastorns Mentals Greus (MERITT), Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain https://ror.org/052g8jq94 Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Evolutiva I La Educació, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain su: Gaming disorder Psychometrics Video game design Test reliability sug: subj: Gaming disorder Psychometrics Video game publishers Video game design and development services Video game design Test reliability keyword: Behavioral addiction Problematic gaming behavior Structural features Video game addiction Behavioral addiction Problematic gaming behavior Structural features Video game addiction ab: Structural characteristics of video games influence the development of maladaptive behavioral patterns such as Internet gaming disorder (IGD). The aim of this study was to develop and validate a tool to evaluate users' perceptions of video game structural features. The sample was composed of 502 gamers with an average age of 23.35 years (SD = 6.89). In total, 67.3% used a personal computer, 20.7% a desktop console, 11.4% a mobile platform, and 0.6% a portable console. Multiple exploratory factor analyses were conducted to identify the optimal model. Initial evidence of reliability, construct, and external validity was found (TLI and CFI >.90, RMSEA <.06, SRMR <.08). Structural features were categorized into three primary factors: social, control, and reward. After a multiple linear regression, structural features and gaming motivations explain 19% of the variance in IGD. In conclusion, the scale demonstrates solid psychometric properties for assessing how Spanish-speaking players perceive the structural characteristics of video games and how these relate to the development of IGD. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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