The Victorian Gambling Screen: Reliability and Validation in a Clinical Population

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 623-638

  Tolchard, B ^a   Battersby, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gambling measurement; Problem gambling; Treatment; Victorian Gambling Screen

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957978632     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-009-9172-6     Document Type: Article

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