Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of SOGS-RA in the Polish Version

• Authors: Jolanta Jarczyńska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Objective: The objective was to  adapt the American pathological gambling screening tool /SOGS-RA The South Oaks Gambling Screen - Revised for Adolescent/ by K. Winters, R. Stinchfield and J. Fulkerson (1993) and to evaluate its psychometric properties. Method: The adapted tool was used in research on a randomly selected sample of 2,617 adolescents aged 13-20 years in the 2012/2013 school year. Results: On the SOGS-RA scale, 2.6% of the trial participants achieved a score indicating past year problem gambling before the survey, 4.1% were classified as problem gamblers, whereas 17.3% of adolescents engaged in social gambling that did not pose a problem gambling risk at the time. The SOGS-RA demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.78). Conclusions: The Polish adaptation of the SOGS-RA scale is reliable and accurate, which is why it is worth recommending it for use in further research on Polish adolescents.

Keywords

EN

problem gambling; pathological gambling; youth; games of chance; gambling; psychometric properties; SOGS-RA; screening tool

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 217-229

Dates

published

2016-09-10

Contributors

author

Jolanta Jarczyńska

• Katedra Pedagogiki Opiekuńczej i Profilaktyki Społecznej, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy, ul. J. K. Chodkiewicza 30, Bydgoszcz

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20162.217.229