TY - JOUR
T1 - Massively multiplayer online game addiction
T2 - Instrument development and validation
AU - Lee, Zach W.Y.
AU - Cheung, Christy M.K.
AU - Chan, Tommy K.H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2015/10/13
Y1 - 2015/10/13
N2 - The primary objective of this paper is to develop and validate an instrument for massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) addiction. Three stages of instrument development were undertaken to achieve this objective: item generation, scale development, and instrument testing. The results of a confirmation factor analysis confirmed the existence of seven dimensions of MMOG addiction, namely Salience, Mood Modification, Tolerance, Withdrawal, Conflicts, Relapse, and Loss of Control. The final instrument exhibits adequate levels of reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and nomological validity. The instrument is expected to assist future empirical research on MMOG addiction. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
AB - The primary objective of this paper is to develop and validate an instrument for massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) addiction. Three stages of instrument development were undertaken to achieve this objective: item generation, scale development, and instrument testing. The results of a confirmation factor analysis confirmed the existence of seven dimensions of MMOG addiction, namely Salience, Mood Modification, Tolerance, Withdrawal, Conflicts, Relapse, and Loss of Control. The final instrument exhibits adequate levels of reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and nomological validity. The instrument is expected to assist future empirical research on MMOG addiction. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
KW - Conceptualization
KW - Confirmatory factor analysis
KW - Instrument development
KW - Massively multiplayer online game
KW - Technology addiction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.im.2015.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.im.2015.01.006
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84939993606
SN - 0378-7206
VL - 52
SP - 413
EP - 430
JO - Information and Management
JF - Information and Management
IS - 4
ER -