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- Title
The gambling urge scale: development, confirmatory factor validation, and psychometric properties.
- Authors
Raylu, Namrata; Oei, Tian P S
- Abstract
The urge to gamble is a physiological, psychological, or emotional motivational state, often associated with continued gambling. The authors developed and validated the 6-item Gambling Urge Questionnaire (GUS), which was based on the 8-item Alcohol Urge Questionnaire (M. J. Bohn, D. D. Krahn, & B. A. Staehler, 1995), using 968 community-based participants. Exploratory factor analysis using half of the sample indicated a 1-factor solution that accounted for 55.18% of the total variance. This was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis with the other half of the sample. The GUS had a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of.81. Concurrent, predictive, and criterion-related validity of the GUS were good, suggesting that the GUS is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing gambling urges among nonclinical gamblers.
- Publication
Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 2004, Vol 18, Issue 2, p100
- ISSN
0893-164X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0893-164X.18.2.100