An assessment of the validity and reliability of the SOGS-RA

The present is a validation study seeking to determine the degree of confidence that can be placed on inferences about problem gambling among adolescents in the Atlantic provinces, based on their South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA) scores. The major source of data was a 1998...

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Published in:Journal of gambling studies 2002, Vol.18 (1), p.67-93
Main Author: POULIN, Christiane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Adaptation
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Child
Children & youth
Classification schemes
Comorbidity
Cross-sectional studies
Epidemiology
Female
Gambling
Gambling - psychology
High schools
Humans
Hypothesis testing
Male
Medical sciences
Pathological gambling
Population
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometric tests
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Factors
Screening
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sex Factors
South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents
Students
Studies
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Techniques and methods
Teenagers
Validation studies
Validity
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Summary:The present is a validation study seeking to determine the degree of confidence that can be placed on inferences about problem gambling among adolescents in the Atlantic provinces, based on their South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA) scores. The major source of data was a 1998 survey of 13,549 students in junior and high school of the public school systems of the 4 Atlantic provinces of Canada. The SOGS-RA was found to have adequate stability and internal consistency reliability. Statistically significant gender differences were demonstrated relative to endorsement and construct validity. Regarding the latter, this study shows that the existing cut-point of the SOGS-RA score for problem gambling identifies as problem gamblers, markedly different proportions of male than female daily gamblers. Regarding construct validity in relation to the Atlantic Alcohol and Drug Risk Continua, this study suggests that while statistically highly significant, the association between problem gambling and substance-related problems may be of low clinical significance. Regarding criterion validity, there is an urgent need to perform the types of enquiry that will allow clarification about how adolescent problem gambling is conceptualized, by adults versus adolescents, by males versus females, and from a clinical versus a public or population health perspective.
ISSN:1050-5350
1573-3602
DOI:10.1023/A:1014584213557