THE LIE BET QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SCREENING PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLERS/

Authors
JOHNSON EE HAMER R NORA RM TAN B EISENSTEIN N ENGELHART C
Citation
Ee. Johnson et al., THE LIE BET QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SCREENING PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLERS/, Psychological reports, 80(1), 1997, pp. 83-88
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
80
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
83 - 88
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1997)80:1<83:TLBQFS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A 2-item questionnaire was derived from 10 DSM-IV criteria for patholo gical gambling. Subjects were 362 men, 191 classified as pathological gamblers and 171 as nonproblem-gambling controls. The two items were s ignificant in sensitivity and negative predictive value and significan t in specificity and positive predictive value.