Table 1.

Seven criteria for the scale of mobile game addiction

Criteria name	Descriptions
1. Salience	Playing mobile games becoming most important and dominant on thoughts, affection and attitude
2. Tolerance	Play mobile games for satisfaction
3. Mood modification	Game is used as transforming mechanism of bad mood to good mood
4. Relapse	While reducing playtime, tendency to restore earlier excessive playing pattern
5. Withdrawal	Psychological discomfort or unpleasant when playtime is decreased or discontinued
6. Conflict	Interpersonal conflict due to excessive gaming or playtime
7. Problems	Problems in workplace, schools or social place due to excessive gaming