The South Oaks Gambling Screen-revised Adolescent (SOGS-RA) Revisited: A Cut-point Analysis |
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Authors: | Brock Boudreau Christiane Poulin |
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Institution: | (1) Community Health and Epidemiology, Centre for Clinical Research, Dalhousie University, 5790 University Ave., B3H 1V7 Halifax, NS, Canada |
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Abstract: | The lack of a criterion validity gold standard defining adolescent pathological gambling represents a major limitation of
the adolescent gambling literature. The present study employed Receiver Operating Characteristic curve analysis (ROC) to examine
the performance of the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised Adolescent (SOGS-RA) recommended cut-point of 4 against two-proxy
gold standards: self-identified need for, or receipt of, help for gambling. Logistic regression analysis examined the correlates
of self-identified need for help with gambling. The sample was comprised of 12990 adolescents from Atlantic Canada whose average
age was 15 years and 50% of whom were male. The SOGS-RA performed as well or better with these proxy gold standards than with
proxies used in previous studies. We concluded that the proxy gold standards based on self-identified need for or receipt
of help represent a pragmatic solution to the lack of an adolescent-specific definition of problem or pathological gambling.
Students in grade seven and SOGS-RA scores of 4 or greater were independent predictors of self-identifying a need for help. |
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Keywords: | ROC SOGS-RA Adolescent gambling Criterion validity Problem gambling |
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