PGSI and DSM-IV in the 2007 British Gambling Prevalence Survey: Reliability, item response, factor structure and inter-scale agreement

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-44

  Orford, Jim ^a   Wardle, Heather ^b   Griffiths, Mark ^c   Sproston, Kerry ^b   Erens, Bob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Problem gambling; Psychometrics; Screening instruments; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955943700     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459790903567132     Document Type: Article

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