“Clinically significant distress” in internet gaming disorder: An individual participant meta-analysis
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Highlights：
• IGD invokes a theoretical claim—“clinically significant”—that can and should be made statistical.
• We re-analyze data from 15 studies totaling 38,000 participants using specification curve analysis.
• The 5/9 diagnostic threshold exceeds a conservative anchor, d = .5, for clinically significant distress.
• However, lower thresholds are similarly predictive, and evidence for the proposed 5/9 may be overstated.
• The trend toward confirmatory IGD research has likely had negative consequences.
摘要
•IGD invokes a theoretical claim—“clinically significant”—that can and should be made statistical.•We re-analyze data from 15 studies totaling 38,000 participants using specification curve analysis.•The 5/9 diagnostic threshold exceeds a conservative anchor, d = .5, for clinically significant distress.•However, lower thresholds are similarly predictive, and evidence for the proposed 5/9 may be overstated.•The trend toward confirmatory IGD research has likely had negative consequences.
论文关键词：Internet gaming disorder,Individual participant meta-analysis,DSM-5,Distress,Specification curve analysis
论文评审过程：Received 21 May 2021, Revised 7 December 2021, Accepted 8 December 2021, Available online 11 December 2021, Version of Record 15 December 2021.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107140
