Massively multiplayer online game addiction: Instrument development and validation

Zach Lee; Christy Cheung; Tommy Chan

doi:10.1016/j.im.2015.01.006

Massively multiplayer online game addiction: Instrument development and validation

Zach Lee, Christy Cheung, Tommy Chan

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	413-430
Journal	Information & Management
Volume	52
Issue number	4
Early online date	27 Jan 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2015.01.006
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

massively multiplayer online game
technology addiction
conceptualization
instrument development
confirmatory factor analysis

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