Loss of Control as a Discriminating Factor Between Different Latent Classes of Disordered Gambling Severity.

ABSTRACT: Analyses of disordered gambling assessment data have indicated that commonly used screens appear to measure latent categories. This stands in contrast to the oft-held assumption that problem gambling is at the extreme of a continuum. To explore this further, we report a series of latent class analyses of a number of prevalent problem gambling assessments (PGSI, SOGS, DSM-IV Pathological Gambling based assessments) in nationally representative British surveys between 1999 and 2012, analysing data from nearly fifty thousand individuals. The analyses converged on a three class model in which the classes differed by problem gambling severity. This identified an initial class of gamblers showing minimal problems, a additional class predominantly endorsing indicators of preoccupation and loss ch

SUBMITTER: James RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5101294 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature