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Commentary on Karhulahti et al. (2022): addressing ontological diversity in gaming disorder measurement from an item-based psychometric perspective

Joël Billieuxa Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland;b Center for Excessive Gambling, Addiction Medicine, Lausanne University Hospitals (CHUV), Lausanne, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Loïs Fourniera Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6743-6456
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Pages 170-173 | Received 08 Sep 2022, Accepted 13 Sep 2022, Published online: 15 Dec 2022

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