Problematic Internet Use and Problematic Online Gaming Are Not the Same: Findings from a Large Nationally Representative Adolescent Sample

By Orsolya Király, Mark D. Griffiths, Róbert Urbán, Judit Farkas, Gyöngyi Kökönyei, Zsuzsanna Elekes, Domokos Tamás, Zsolt Demetrovics. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2014

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Does the construct of Internet addiction reflect a single entity or a spectrum of disorders (2017, result): “This statement reflects conceptual carelessness and runs contrary to the evidence that Internet gaming disorder and Internet addiction are different entities (Király et al. 2014, Rehbein and Mößle 2013).”
Clinical psychology of Internet addiction: a review of its conceptualization, prevalence, neuronal processes, and implications for treatment (2015, neutral): “Regarding the differences in prevalence rates of IA among males and females, almost half of the studies found a higher prevalence among males, 22,71,73,74,76 while only one study found higher rates in females.”
The relationship between addictive use of social media and video games and symptoms of psychiatric disorders: A large-scale cross-sectional study. (2016, background): “This is also supported by the findings of a recent large nationally representative survey demonstrating that problematic Internet use and problematic gaming are not the same (i.e., Király et al., 2014).”
Problematic smartphone use: A conceptual overview and systematic review of relations with anxiety and depression psychopathology. (2017, background): “(And in fact, these constructs are statistically distinct from one another, Kiraly et al., 2014).”