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Video Game Addiction Screening Tool

This evidence-based screening tool helps families assess whether a child's gaming behavior has crossed into addiction territory and whether their situation may support a legal claim against game publishers.

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Does your child have difficulty controlling how long they play (starting, stopping, or limiting play)?

Loss of control over gaming is a core diagnostic criterion for Gaming Disorder.

Does your child prioritize gaming over school, family time, sleep, or other activities they used to enjoy?
Has your child's academic performance declined significantly since gaming became a major activity?
When prevented from playing, does your child become anxious, angry, irritable, or depressed?

Withdrawal symptoms — negative emotional responses when unable to play — are a key indicator of addiction.

On average, how many hours per day does your child play video games?
How much has been spent on in-game purchases (loot boxes, V-Bucks, FIFA packs, etc.)?
Has your child become socially isolated — withdrawing from friends, family, and activities outside gaming?
Has a doctor, therapist, or counselor diagnosed your child with gaming disorder, anxiety, depression, or ADHD that they link to gaming?

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How this tool works

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Questions are based on the WHO's Gaming Disorder criteria (ICD-11 6C51), the American Psychological Association's Internet Gaming Disorder criteria, and common eligibility questions in video game addiction lawsuits.

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Sources

  1. WHO ICD-11 Gaming Disorder Diagnostic Criteria (6C51)
  2. APA DSM-5-TR Internet Gaming Disorder Criteria