Toward the development of an adolescent gambling problem severity scale

Ken C. Winters, Randy D. Stinchfield, Jayne Fulkerson

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Abstract

The development and initial psychometric properties of an adolescent gambling problem severity measure are described. The scale, based on a revision of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (Lesieur & Blume, 1987), was administered to 1,101 older (ages 15 to 18) Minnesota adolescents as part of a state-wide gambling survey. Study results indicated that the scale had moderate internal consistency reliability and was significantly related to alternate measures of problem severity for male subjects. Because the rate and severity of gambling among females was very low, the psychometric adequacy of the scale for females is not known at this time. The implications of study findings to the conceptual understanding of adolescent gambling problem severity as well as study limitations and future research needs, are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)63-84
Number of pages22
JournalJournal of gambling studies
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 1993

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