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Article Evaluation

Gaming disorder

Everything in the article is relevant to the topic and all of the information appears to be recent. The article is rather short however and I can see a discussion open about merging this article with Video game addiction, why may prove to be the proper course of action. The article does seem neutral, explaining differing conclusions. The citations work fine. As stated, conversations are ongoing regarding the topics length, as well as a discussion about whether or not it should be its own article. The is part of two WikiProjects, (videogames, medicine), and is rated as a start-class article for both.

Article Selection

Computer addiction

The articles content is relevant to the topic, however the page could be structured better. Some of the claims lack citations, and also have links to wikipedia pages that do not exist, or are linked improperly. The article is written neutrally. The citations that are available work, nearly all of them coming from peer-reviewed articles.

Digital addict

Another article that is listed as having "multiple issues". Can add to part of the "discourse" section. One of the citation links no longer work, could try to find another working one or insert "citation needed". This article was found through the Gaming disorder article.

Draft

Computer addiction

Many studies and surveys are being conducted to measure the extent of this type of addiction. Kimberly Young has created a questionnaire based on other disorders to assess the level of addiction. It is called the Internet Addict Diagnostic Questionnaire or IADQ. The questionnaire asks users about their online usage habits as well as their feelings about their internet usage. According to the IADQ sample, Internet Addiction resembles a Gambling disorder. Answering positively to five out of the eight questions on IADQ may be indicative of an online addiction.

Digital addict

Children using digital devices section

It's been proposed that digital device addiction may be no differently from any other addiction. Professor Robert Lustig of the University of California states digital devices closely match how other dependencies affect the brain.

Gaming disorder

One issue with defining a gaming disorder and determining the legitimacy of the disorder is that there are no universally accepted measurement of video game addiction. This leads to issues properly identifying hwat is a gaming disorder and confusion between other it and other addictions.

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