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by p1necone 2721 days ago
Some of the questions seem a bit silly to me, and not really indicative of anything negative.

  >"Have you lost interests in, or reduced participation in other recreational activities (hobbies, meetings with friends) due to gaming?"
Of course becoming engaged in one hobby (gaming) would cause you to become less engaged in other hobbies you may have. I don't see why this is bad.

  >"Do you game to escape from or forget about personal problems, or to relieve uncomfortable feelings such as guilt, anxiety, helplessness or depression? *"
Yup, that's kinda what hobbies are for (partially). Imagine replacing gaming with say - cooking, or watching old westerns - does the scenario presented in the question still seem sinister to you?
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A single yes to one question isn't necessarily indicative of a problem - it's the combination (for the DSM proposed criteria it's 5 or more of 9) that creates the pattern and may show a problem. These questions are from the Gentile Scale of Internet Gaming Disorder (published in the APA) with a few adjustments based on other research (such as King's paper on Tolerance.)
They have literally copied the form for gambling addiction and replaced "gambling" with "gaming"