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Separating Behaviours and Adverse Consequences in the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI): A Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Rasch Analysis
The Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) is considered the “gold standard” for measuring problem gambling. The PGSI provides a single score summed...
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Benchmarking gambling screens to health-state utility: the PGSI and the SGHS estimate similar levels of population gambling-harm
BackgroundBoth the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) and the Short Gambling Harms Screen (SGHS) purport to identify individuals harmed by...
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The association between health-related quality of life and problem gambling severity: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England
BackgroundProblem gambling can lead to health-related harms, such as poor mental health and suicide. In the UK there is interest in introducing...
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Measuring Gambling Harm: The Influence of Response Scaling on Estimates and the Distribution of Harm Across PGSI Categories
Recent research has shown that harm is not just a feature of problem gambling, but can also be observed in other lower risk categories. Some debates...
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Two for the GOES: Exploring Gambling Outcome Expectancies Scores Across Mixed and Offline-Only Gamblers in Relation to Problem Gambling Risk Status
As online gambling becomes more prevalent, understanding the motives of online gamblers has become a key focus for research and practice. The aim of...
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The Dynamics of Psychological Distress in the Trajectory of At-Risk and Problem Gambling: Results from a Prospective Population-Based Longitudinal Study in Australia
This study employed parallel growth curve modelling to examine the changes in both psychological distress and at-risk and problem gambling as a...
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Development and validation of the IDENT-Pro: a brief tool for the early identification of gambling risk factors indicative of harm
AimCurrently, few gambling screening tools classify risk factors, as many focus on symptoms derived from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of...
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Examination of the Problem Gambling Severity Index for Use with Older Adults: A Rasch Model Approach
Research and prevalence studies commonly use the nine-item Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI; Ferris and Wynne in The Canadian Problem Gambling...
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The Influence of Alcohol Consumption on Gambling: Do the Laboratory Study Findings Generalize to Natural Environments?
A recent meta-analysis of laboratory studies on the effects of acute alcohol consumption on risk-taking did not support that acute alcohol...
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Gambling Motives and Offshore Gambling: A Finnish Population Study
The rise of online gambling has drawn attention towards offshore gambling. Currently there is lack of evidence on reasons and motivations to gamble...
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Associations between playing free-to-play sports gambling predictor games and online sports betting frequency for men in the United Kingdom
AimThis study aimed to describe associations between playing predictor games and online sports betting behaviours, and problem gambling.
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PReventing and Approaching Crises for frail community-dwelling patients Through Innovative Care (PRACTIC): protocol for an effectiveness cluster randomised controlled trial
BackgroundDemographic changes, with an increasing number and proportion of older people with multimorbidity and frailty, will put more pressure on...
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Using artificial intelligence algorithms to predict self-reported problem gambling with account-based player data in an online casino setting
In recent years researchers have emphasized the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms as a tool to detect problem gambling online. AI...
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Harms from Other People’s Gambling: Associations with an Individual’s Own Gambling Behaviours, Health Risk Behaviours, Financial Problems, General Health, and Mental Wellbeing
This study aimed to explore relationships between being an ‘affected other’ (AO) and an individual’s own gambling, health risk behaviours, financial...
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Dichotomous and Weighted Scoring of the Problem Gambling Severity Index Converge on Predictors of Problem Gambling
In its original development, the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) compared frequency weighted and dichotomous scoring of items. Although...
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What Role Do Maladaptive Co** and Escape Expectancies Play in the Relationship Between Stress and Problem Gambling? Testing a Moderated Mediation Model
Stress has long been implicated in relation to problem gambling and gambling disorder. However, less is known about the psychological processes that...
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Is There a Continuum of Behavioural Dependence in Problem Gambling? Evidence from 15 Years of Australian Prevalence Research
A common assumption in many public frameworks is that the harms and behavioural risk factors associated with gambling disorder lie on a continuum. At...
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Gambling Patterns Among People from Vietnam and Ukraine Living in the Czech Republic
In 2019, a questionnaire was conducted among foreigners living in the Czech Republic focused on gambling, in which 110 respondents from Vietnam and...
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Accessing the invisible population of low-risk gamblers, issues with screening, testing and theory: a systematic review
BackgroundWhile it is a generally accepted fact that many gambling screening tools are not fit for purpose when employed as part of a public health...
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Effects of Sports Betting Motivations on Sports Betting Addiction in a Turkish Sample
Many earlier studies conducted on sports betting and addiction have examined sports betting in the context of gambling and have not taken into...
