This readme file was generated on 2026-04-22 by Eduardo Picón 


GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Dataset: GAS_data_2026

Author/Principal Investigator Information
Name: Eduardo Picon
ORCID: 0009-0003-5457-1757
Institution: University of Santiago de Compostela
Address: Facultade de Psicoloxia, Campus Vida. 15782 Santiago de Compostela. Spain
Email: eduardo.picon@usc.es

Author/Associate or Co-investigator Information
Name: Gabriel Iglesias-Caride
ORCID: 0000-0003-2666-924X
Institution: Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), Sergas-UVIGO. 
Address: Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro Bloque técnico, Estrada de Clara Campoamor, 341, 36312 Vigo. Spain
Email: gabriel.iglesias@iisgaliciasur.es


- Date of data collection: 2024-02-27
- Geographic location of data collection: Spain
- Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Data were collected as part of a collaborative project between UNICEF Spain, the University of Santiago de Compostela and the Spanish General Council of Informatics Engineering (Project ID: USC-CL027).


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

- Restrictions placed on the data: None, citing authors of the publication related.


RELATED PUBLICATIONS

- Picón, E., Iglesias-Caride, G., Theotonio, A., & Rial-Boubeta, A. (2026). A psychometric comparison of four approaches to the Gaming Addiction Scale (GAS)


KEYWORDS

Gaming Addiction Scale (GAS), gaming disorder, psychometrics, adolescents, screening.


FILES

File List: 
- Dataset (SPSS file): GAS_data_2026.sav
- Analytic code: R code GASA.txt


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Description of methods used for collection/generation of data:
Nationwide representative sample of Spanish adolescents.

Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: IBM SPSS Statistics 29.0.2 and R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing R-4.5.3.

