1. Cross Validation of the Gambling Problem Severity Subscale of the Canadian Adolescent Gambling Index (CAGI/GPSS) on a Sample of Ontario High School Students.
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Turner, Nigel E., Elton-Marshall, Tara, Shi, Jing, Wiebe, Jamie, Boak, Angela, van der Maas, Mark, and Mann, Robert E.
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COMPULSIVE gambling ,HIGH school students ,DRUG abuse ,TEENAGERS ,SEVERITY of illness index ,HEALTH surveys ,GAMBLING & psychology ,COMPARATIVE studies ,COMPULSIVE behavior ,GAMBLING ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH evaluation ,RESEARCH funding ,STUDENTS ,SUBSTANCE abuse ,SURVEYS ,TEENAGERS' conduct of life ,VIDEO games ,EVALUATION research ,CROSS-sectional method - Abstract
This paper reports on the cross validation of the Gambling Problem Severity Subscale of the Canadian Adolescent Gambling Index (CAGI/GPSS). The CAGI/GPSS was included in a large school based drug use and health survey conducted in 2015. Data from students in grades 9-12 (ages 13-20 years) derived from the (N = 3369 students). The CAGI/GPSS produced an alpha of 0.789. A principle component analysis revealed two eigenvalues greater than one. An oblique rotation revealed these components to represent consequences and over involvement. The CAGI/GPSS indicated that 1% of the students fell into the "red" category indicating a severe problem and an additional 3.3% scored in the "yellow" category indicating low to moderate problems. The CAGI/GPSS was shown to be significantly correlated with gambling frequency (r = 0.36), largest expenditure (r = 0.37), sex (more likely to be male) (r = -0.19), lower school marks (r = -0.07), hazardous drinking, (r = 0.16), problem video game play (r = 0.16), as well as substance abuse. The CAGI/GPSS was cross validated using a shorted version of the short SOGS, r = 0.48. In addition the CAGI/GPSS and short SOGS produced very similar patterns of correlations results. The results support the validity and reliability of the CAGI/GPSS as a measure of gambling problems among adolescents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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