Better than Halo? Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editor Academics in the UK, China and Australia have created the first psychological test for gaming disorder. Hot on…
Better than Halo?
Wesley Yin-Poole
Deputy Editor
Academics in the UK, China and Australia have created the first psychological test for gaming disorder.
Hot on the heels of the World Health Organisation’s decision to classify gaming disorder as a disease, researchers created an online test, dubbed Do I play too much videogames?. It’s designed to let gamers benchmark their gaming habits and behaviours and compare them with others, then tell participants whether they meet the WHO criteria for gaming disorder.
The test, available online now, is described as the largest study ever of gaming addiction, and looks at how socioeconomic factors and personality traits may contribute to the development of gaming disorders.
At the end of the test, which takes about 20 minutes, you’re given a score out of 20.
