Validation of the 7-Item Domain-General Gambling Harm Scale (DGHS-7).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Gambling can cause negative consequences affecting finances, work/study, physical and mental health, relationships, law abidingness, and the community. Although existing measures enable investigations of gambling harms, there is still a need for a brief measure covering the full range of gambling related harms.

Methods

We validated a 7-item domain-general harm scale (DGHS-7) using data from a cross-sectional survey of United Kingdom residents reporting gambling within the last 12 months (n = 2558, 62.4% women, mean age 40.1 years (SD = 12.5)). The DGHS-7 was investigated in terms of factor structure, measurement invariance, and convergent validity with a comprehensive 72-item checklist of gambling harm, the Short Gambling Harms Screen (SGHS), and t

SUBMITTER: Syvertsen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10279776 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature