Table 3 Factor loadings of the items of...

Table 3

Factor loadings of the items of T-GDS in children and adolescents and internal consistency

Initial factors	Items	EFA (α = 0.95)
Initial factors	Items	Loading	Component	α
Salience and preoccupation	Preoccupied with thoughts about previous game session	0.76	Preoccupation	0.90
	(2) Immersing self in thoughts about future game sessions when not playing a game	0.73
	(3) Playing games is a necessity	0.68
(2) Tolerance	(4) Time spent on gaming is continuously increasing	0.62
(2) Tolerance	(5) Spending money on higher levels in game	0.63
(3) Relax/mood modification	(6) Playing a game makes you easily frustrated	0.81	(2) Withdrawal	0.94
	(7) Play game to uplift your mood	0.38
	(8) Play game to distract self from frustration	0.66
(4) Withdrawal	(9) Feel upset when not playing game	0.77
	(10) Feel frustrated when not allowed to play game	0.84
	(11) Burst out in anger when unable to play game	0.76
(5) Loss of control	(12) Fail to quit playing game despite intention to do so	0.74	(3) Loss of control	0.94
	(13) Have never thought of quitting playing game	0.80
	(14) Fail to reduce the amount of time spent on playing game despite intention to do so	0.81
(6) Functional impairment	(15) Cannot admit to family the actual amount of time spent on playing game	0.64	(4) Functional impairment	0.92
	(16) Game playing has impaired relationship with your family	0.78
	(17) Neglect daily routines (chores, assignments, studies, etc.) as a result of game playing	0.81
	(18) Continue playing game despite its negative effects on daily life	0.35
	(19) Deprived of sleep as a result of game playing	0.67
	(20) Neglect engaging in favorite pastimes (watching movies, listening to music, playing sports) as a result of game playing	0.73

Initial factors	Items	EFA (α = 0.95)
Initial factors	Items	Loading	Component	α
Salience and preoccupation	Preoccupied with thoughts about previous game session	0.76	Preoccupation	0.90
	(2) Immersing self in thoughts about future game sessions when not playing a game	0.73
	(3) Playing games is a necessity	0.68
(2) Tolerance	(4) Time spent on gaming is continuously increasing	0.62
(2) Tolerance	(5) Spending money on higher levels in game	0.63
(3) Relax/mood modification	(6) Playing a game makes you easily frustrated	0.81	(2) Withdrawal	0.94
	(7) Play game to uplift your mood	0.38
	(8) Play game to distract self from frustration	0.66
(4) Withdrawal	(9) Feel upset when not playing game	0.77
	(10) Feel frustrated when not allowed to play game	0.84
	(11) Burst out in anger when unable to play game	0.76
(5) Loss of control	(12) Fail to quit playing game despite intention to do so	0.74	(3) Loss of control	0.94
	(13) Have never thought of quitting playing game	0.80
	(14) Fail to reduce the amount of time spent on playing game despite intention to do so	0.81
(6) Functional impairment	(15) Cannot admit to family the actual amount of time spent on playing game	0.64	(4) Functional impairment	0.92
	(16) Game playing has impaired relationship with your family	0.78
	(17) Neglect daily routines (chores, assignments, studies, etc.) as a result of game playing	0.81
	(18) Continue playing game despite its negative effects on daily life	0.35
	(19) Deprived of sleep as a result of game playing	0.67
	(20) Neglect engaging in favorite pastimes (watching movies, listening to music, playing sports) as a result of game playing	0.73

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