@article{ref1,
title="Inattention and disordered gaming: does culture matter?",
journal="Psychiatric quarterly",
year="2020",
author="Stavropoulos, Vasileios and Baynes, Kyi Lyn and O'Farrel, Dominic Lloyd and Gomez, Rapson and Mueller, Astrid and Yücel, Murat and Griffiths, Mark",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Problematic gaming has emerged as a contemporary concern, leading to the introduction of the diagnostic term 'Internet Gaming Disorder' (IGD; American Psychiatric Association). The present study aims to empirically assess the association between inattention and IGD, in the light of variable levels of vertical-individualism that reflects cultural inclinations towards independence, competitiveness, and hierarchy. The participants (N = 1032) comprised a normative cohort of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) gamers (Mage = 24 years; 48.7% male). IGD was measured with the nine-item short-form IGD Scale (IGD9-SF), inattention with the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Self-Report Scale, and vertical individualism with the Individualism-Collectivism Questionnaire. Complex hierarchical and moderated regressions were employed. <br><br>FINDINGS demonstrated an association between IGD and inattention, and additionally showed that this association was exacerbated by a more vertically-individualistic cultural orientation without significant gender differences. The need of differentially addressing IGD risk among inattentive gamers of diverse cultural orientation is highlighted.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2720",
doi="10.1007/s11126-019-09702-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-019-09702-8"
}