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

• 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
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...