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The following survey was published by a research study at the Iowa State University conducted by Douglas Gentile, PhD [1]. The following questions are based on diagnostic criteria for addictive gambling behavior: Questions | Yes | No | 1. 1. Over time, have you been spending much more time playing video games, learning about video game playing, or planning the next opportunity to play? | | | 2. 2. Do you need to spend more time and money on video games in order to feel the same amount of excitement as other activities in your life? | | | 3. 3. Have you tried to play video games for shorter durations of times but have been unsuccessful? | | | 4. 4. Do you become restless or irritable when you attempt to cut down or stop playing video games? | | | 5. 5. Have you played video games as a way to escape problems or negative feelings? | | | 6. 6. Have you lied to family or friends about how much you play video games? | | | 7. 7. Have you ever stolen a video game from a store or a friend, or stolen money to buy a video game? 8. | | | 9. 8. Do you sometimes skip household chores in order to play more video games? | | | 10. 9. Do you sometimes skip homework or work in order to play more video games? | | | 11. 10. Have you ever done poorly on a school assignment, test, or work assignment because you have spent so much time playing video games? | | | 12. 11. Have you ever needed friends or family to give you extra money because you’ve spent too much of your own money on video games, software, or game Internet fees? | | |

The following questions test your dependency on online gaming. Please choose only 1 answer.

1. Please provide the name/s of the online game you play. *
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2. Do you usually