Reliability and validity of data obtained from alcohol, cannabis, and gambling populations on Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

HS Kim, DC Hodgins - Psychology of addictive behaviors, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Researchers recently have begun using Mechanical Turk (MTurk), an online crowdsourcing
platform, to recruit addiction populations. However, whether the data obtained from …

A systematic review evaluating screening instruments for gambling disorder finds lack of adequate evidence

JL Otto, DJ Smolenski, ALG Wilson, DP Evatt… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To date, no research has systematically evaluated screening instruments for
gambling disorder to assess their accuracy and the quality of the research. This systematic …

Accessing the invisible population of low-risk gamblers, issues with screening, testing and theory: a systematic review

NH Davies, G Roderique-Davies, LC Drummond… - Journal of Public …, 2023 - Springer
Background While it is a generally accepted fact that many gambling screening tools are not
fit for purpose when employed as part of a public health framework, the evidence supporting …

Screening for problem gambling within mental health services: a comparison of the classification accuracy of brief instruments

NA Dowling, SS Merkouris, V Manning, R Volberg… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims Despite the over‐representation of people with gambling problems in
mental health populations, there is limited information available to guide the selection of …

Spanish validation of the Problem Gambling Severity Index: A confirmatory factor analysis with sports bettors

H Lopez-Gonzalez, A Estévez… - Journal of Behavioral …, 2018 - akjournals.com
Background and aims The Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) is one of the most
widely used screening tools for problem gambling (PG). However, to date, no empirically …

What does it mean to recover from a gambling disorder? Perspectives of gambling help service users

D Pickering, MJ Spoelma, A Dawczyk… - Addiction Research & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: There is no consensus on how to best define recovery in gambling disorder.
This minimizes clinicians' abilities to apply optimal treatment goals and contributes to …

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Recovery Index for Gambling Disorder (RIGD).

D Pickering, A Blaszczynski… - Psychology of Addictive …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Recovery from Gambling Disorder lacks established operational criteria and a
dedicated outcome measure. Cross-study comparisons and treatment efficacy determinants …

Pharmacological interventions for the treatment of disordered and problem gambling

D Lubman, S Thomas, H Bowden-Jones… - Cochrane Database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Pharmacological interventions for disordered and problem gambling have been
employed in clinical practice. Despite the availability of several reviews of the efficacy of …

Investigating possible reciprocal relations between depressive and problem gambling symptoms in emerging adults

A Chinneck, SP Mackinnon… - The Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Previous cross-sectional research has shown that depression and problem
gambling co-occur. Longitudinal research, however, allows for a better determination of …

Enhancing the utility of the problem gambling severity index in clinical settings: Identifying refined categories within the problem gambling category

SS Merkouris, C Greenwood, V Manning, J Oakes… - Addictive …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) was intended for use in
epidemiological research with gamblers across the continuum of risk. Its utility within clinical …