Video Game Addiction Test Results — Moderate
Battling addiction & ready for help?
Your result
Moderateon a scale of 0 to 9
Researchers treat 5 or higher as the point where it is worth looking more closely. Yours is above that.
That is not a diagnosis, and it does not mean you are an addict. It means your answers look like a pattern clinicians recognize, and that is worth a conversation with someone who treats it.
Screen used: nine-item gaming disorder screen (Ko and colleagues, 2020), 9 questions.
Your answers show gaming is displacing things that matter — sleep, people, or work.
What tends to help at this level
- Look at what gaming is replacing rather than what it is costing: sleep, people, work.
- Agree limits with someone else involved; solo limits rarely hold at this level.
- If it is affecting school, work or relationships, talk to someone who treats gaming disorder.
Where to go next
This is a self-check, not a diagnosis. No questionnaire can tell you whether you have a condition, and a low score does not mean nothing is wrong if it is affecting your life. Read more about video game addiction, or speak to a clinician.
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