Criteria

Items

Peripheral

Salience (cognitive)

I often think about online video games when I am not playing.

Euphoria

I sense a “high” when playing online video games.

Tolerance

I must play online games for longer periods of time to get the same enjoyment.

Core

Salience (behavioral)

I skip sleep to play online video games.

I delay using the bathroom to play online video games.

I skip bathing and other personal hygiene to play online video games.

I skip meals to play online video games.

Withdrawal

I feel frustrated, restless, and/or irritable when I cannot play online video games.

Relapse

I failed trying to quit playing online video games.

Conflict (interpersonal)

I have lied to others about how much time I spend playing online video games.

I feel that I am scheduling my life around my online video game play.

Playing online video games has caused me relationship problems.

Playing online video games has caused me academic problems.