Dr Laura Maldonado-Murciano, together with Dr Georgina Aguilera, presented preliminary data on our validation of a Spanish version of the short GTP Scale (The GTP5-SF) at the European Congress of Methodology (EAM 2023) in Ghent, Belgium.
Thanks to the GEIMAC group and my colleagues Laura Maldonado-Murciano, Georgina Guilera, Maite Barrios, and Juana Gómez-Benito.
The five-item short GTP Scale (GTP5-SF) (Ortiz de Gortari, Diseth, Styvertsen, & Ståle, 2023) measures altered perceptions, automatic thoughts and behaviours and actions based on the original 20-item GTP Scale (GTPS) (Ortiz de Gortari, Pontes, & Griffiths, 2015).
Main results:
- The preliminary assessment of the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the GTP5-SF shows that it is a suitable tool for measuring GTP.
- The GTP5-SF score was strongly correlated with problematic gaming and session length.
- The prevalence of GTP was 46.67%.
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ABSTRACT
Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP) refer to the transfer of video game experiences into real life (i.e., altered sensory perceptions, mental processes and behaviours) (Ortiz de Gortari, 2019). The shortest tool to assess the GTP is the short Gaming Transfer Phenomena Scale (GTP5-SF) (Ortiz de Gortari, Diseth, Styvertsen, & Ståle, 2023), with 5 items measuring altered perceptions in different sensory channels, automatic thoughts and behaviours/actions, based in the original he GTP Scale (GTPS) (Ortiz de Gortari, Pontes, & Griffiths, 2015) with 20 items. The objective of this study was to preliminary validate the Spanish version of the GTP5-SF. A sample of 120 gamers (51.67% women, mean age 25.83 years, SD = 9.87) participated. The GTP5-SF was adapted from English to the Spanish language using parallel translation. Item descriptives were obtained. Unidimensionality of the GTP5-SF was tested using confirmatory factor analysis. Internal consistency of scores was assessed computing Cronbach’s alpha and McDonalds’ omega. Finally, GTP5-SF score was correlated with gaming disorder. Analyses were carried out with the R packages lavaan and psych. Item response distribution appeared to be right-skewed. The one-factor structure was confirmed (CFI = 1, SRMR = .020), with item loadings ranging from .78 to .96. Cronbach’s alpha and omega coefficients reached values of .86 and .88, respectively. The GTP5-SF score strongly correlated with measures of problematic gaming and session length. GTP prevalence was 46.67%. The preliminary assessment of the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the GTP5-SF shows that it is a suitable tool for measuring GTP.
References:
Maldonado-Murciano, L., Ortiz de Gortari, A. B., Barrios, M., Juana, G., Gómez-Benito, & Georgina, G. (2023). Validation of the Spanish version of the Game Transfer Phenomena Scale – Short Form: A preliminary study. Paper presented at the European Congress of Methodology (EAM 2023), Ghent, Belgium.
Ortiz de Gortari, A.B.; Pontes, H.; Griffiths, M.D. The Game Transfer Phenomena Scale: An instrument for investigating the non-volitional effects of video game playing. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2015,18, 588-594.