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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Gaming Motivation Scale

OBJECTIVE: Gaming motivations are a central aspect of playing video games, and their importance to understanding both healthy and problematic gaming behavior has been increasingly elucidated. In this study, we aimed to translate the 18-item Gaming Motivation Scale (GAMS-18) to Persian and validate i...

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Autores principales: Ghani, Kamyar, Farnam, Rabert, Rafiemanesh, Hosein, Shadloo, Behrang, Sangchooli, Arshiya, Hamzehzadeh, Marziyeh, Jobehdar, Maral Mardaneh, Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh, Rahimi, Yekta, Demetrovics, Zsolt, Király, Orsolya, Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10397771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37525616
http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2022.0153
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author Ghani, Kamyar
Farnam, Rabert
Rafiemanesh, Hosein
Shadloo, Behrang
Sangchooli, Arshiya
Hamzehzadeh, Marziyeh
Jobehdar, Maral Mardaneh
Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh
Rahimi, Yekta
Demetrovics, Zsolt
Király, Orsolya
Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
author_facet Ghani, Kamyar
Farnam, Rabert
Rafiemanesh, Hosein
Shadloo, Behrang
Sangchooli, Arshiya
Hamzehzadeh, Marziyeh
Jobehdar, Maral Mardaneh
Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh
Rahimi, Yekta
Demetrovics, Zsolt
Király, Orsolya
Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
author_sort Ghani, Kamyar
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description OBJECTIVE: Gaming motivations are a central aspect of playing video games, and their importance to understanding both healthy and problematic gaming behavior has been increasingly elucidated. In this study, we aimed to translate the 18-item Gaming Motivation Scale (GAMS-18) to Persian and validate it in a population of Persian speaking gamers, specifically for the assessment of online gaming. METHODS: After translation from English to Persian, content validity of the questionnaire was assessed by a panel of experts and test–retest reliability was calculated in a sample of 70 students. Data from an online survey of 791 Iranian online gamers were used for the assessment of construct validity using confirmatory factor analysis. RESULTS: The item content validity index and the scale content validity index for clarity and relevance ranged from 0.80 to 1.00. Internal consistency reliability of the GAMS-18 was 0.90 and the test–retest reliability was 0.89. The test–retest reliability of the GAMS-18 was 0.89, and the internal consistency was 0.90. The GAMS factors had acceptable correlation with other motivational scale such as Player Experience of Need Satisfaction. Incorporating the proposed additional error paths improved the model fit to an acceptable level. CONCLUSION: The Persian version of the GAMS can assess digital gaming behavior based on the six self-determination theory motivation types, and measures different aspects of motivation that other instruments. It is also demonstrated to have good reliability and validity and could be used in research on the motivations of online gamers in Persian-speaking populations.
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spelling pubmed-103977712023-08-04 Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Gaming Motivation Scale Ghani, Kamyar Farnam, Rabert Rafiemanesh, Hosein Shadloo, Behrang Sangchooli, Arshiya Hamzehzadeh, Marziyeh Jobehdar, Maral Mardaneh Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh Rahimi, Yekta Demetrovics, Zsolt Király, Orsolya Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin Psychiatry Investig Original Article OBJECTIVE: Gaming motivations are a central aspect of playing video games, and their importance to understanding both healthy and problematic gaming behavior has been increasingly elucidated. In this study, we aimed to translate the 18-item Gaming Motivation Scale (GAMS-18) to Persian and validate it in a population of Persian speaking gamers, specifically for the assessment of online gaming. METHODS: After translation from English to Persian, content validity of the questionnaire was assessed by a panel of experts and test–retest reliability was calculated in a sample of 70 students. Data from an online survey of 791 Iranian online gamers were used for the assessment of construct validity using confirmatory factor analysis. RESULTS: The item content validity index and the scale content validity index for clarity and relevance ranged from 0.80 to 1.00. Internal consistency reliability of the GAMS-18 was 0.90 and the test–retest reliability was 0.89. The test–retest reliability of the GAMS-18 was 0.89, and the internal consistency was 0.90. The GAMS factors had acceptable correlation with other motivational scale such as Player Experience of Need Satisfaction. Incorporating the proposed additional error paths improved the model fit to an acceptable level. CONCLUSION: The Persian version of the GAMS can assess digital gaming behavior based on the six self-determination theory motivation types, and measures different aspects of motivation that other instruments. It is also demonstrated to have good reliability and validity and could be used in research on the motivations of online gamers in Persian-speaking populations. Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2023-07 2023-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10397771/ /pubmed/37525616 http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2022.0153 Text en Copyright © 2023 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ghani, Kamyar
Farnam, Rabert
Rafiemanesh, Hosein
Shadloo, Behrang
Sangchooli, Arshiya
Hamzehzadeh, Marziyeh
Jobehdar, Maral Mardaneh
Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh
Rahimi, Yekta
Demetrovics, Zsolt
Király, Orsolya
Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin
Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Gaming Motivation Scale
title Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Gaming Motivation Scale
title_full Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Gaming Motivation Scale
title_fullStr Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Gaming Motivation Scale
title_full_unstemmed Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Gaming Motivation Scale
title_short Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Gaming Motivation Scale
title_sort psychometric properties of the persian version of the gaming motivation scale
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10397771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37525616
http://dx.doi.org/10.30773/pi.2022.0153
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