Determining the classification accuracy of gambling screens under the Singapore context.

This study investigates the convergent validity, and the sensitivity and specificity of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) for pathological gambling and the Singapore Youth Gambling Scale (SYGS). Participants aged between 18 to 2...

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Main Author:	Cheong, Lauren Yi Phoon.
Other Authors:	School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social deviance
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42426
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-424262019-12-10T14:32:24Z Determining the classification accuracy of gambling screens under the Singapore context. Cheong, Lauren Yi Phoon. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Chang Weining DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social deviance This study investigates the convergent validity, and the sensitivity and specificity of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) for pathological gambling and the Singapore Youth Gambling Scale (SYGS). Participants aged between 18 to 25 years who fell under the categories of schooling and non-schooling were given a questionnaire that consisted of the above three instruments and it was found that all three instruments positively correlated with each other. However, the cut off score of pathological gambling for DSM-IV was found to be too conservative and the cut off scores of problem and pathological gambling for SOGS was found to overestimate the number of problem and pathological gamblers. Bachelor of Arts 2010-12-02T04:02:44Z 2010-12-02T04:02:44Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42426 en Nanyang Technological University 48 p. application/pdf
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description	This study investigates the convergent validity, and the sensitivity and specificity of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) for pathological gambling and the Singapore Youth Gambling Scale (SYGS). Participants aged between 18 to 25 years who fell under the categories of schooling and non-schooling were given a questionnaire that consisted of the above three instruments and it was found that all three instruments positively correlated with each other. However, the cut off score of pathological gambling for DSM-IV was found to be too conservative and the cut off scores of problem and pathological gambling for SOGS was found to overestimate the number of problem and pathological gamblers.
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author	Cheong, Lauren Yi Phoon.
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title	Determining the classification accuracy of gambling screens under the Singapore context.
title_short	Determining the classification accuracy of gambling screens under the Singapore context.
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title_full_unstemmed	Determining the classification accuracy of gambling screens under the Singapore context.
title_sort	determining the classification accuracy of gambling screens under the singapore context.
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Determining the classification accuracy of gambling screens under the Singapore context.

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