Prevalence and Correlates of Video and Internet Gaming Addiction among Hong Kong Adolescents: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Percentages of responses (often and very often) for each item of the Game Addiction Scale.

	Often		Very often		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
(i) Did you think about playing a game all day long?	58	11.5	38	7.6	96	19.1
(ii) Did you spend increasing amounts of time on games?	52	10.3	36	7.2	88	17.5
(iii) Did you play games to forget about real life?	34	6.8	34	6.8	68	13.5
(iv) Have others unsuccessfully tried to reduce your game use?	37	7.4	40	8.0	77	15.3
(v) Have you felt bad when you were unable to play?	32	6.4	24	4.8	56	11.1
(vi) Did you have fights with others (e.g., family, friends) over your time spent on games?	30	6.0	32	6.4	62	12.3
(vii) Have you neglected other important activities (e.g., school, work, sports) to play games?	34	6.8	32	6.4	66	13.1