Validation of the Chinese Version of the Gambling Urges Scale (GUS-C)

Tian Po S. Oei, James Lin and Namrata Raylu

International Gambling Studies, 2007, vol. 7, issue 1, 101-111

Abstract: Gambling urges have been reported to be an important variable in the maintenance of gambling problems. Certain researchers have also reported higher rates of problem gambling among the Chinese compared to the Caucasians. However, little is known regarding the role of gambling urges among the Chinese, partly due to the lack of validated instruments to assess gambling urges in Chinese samples. This study aimed to examine and validate the Chinese version of the Gambling Urges Scale (GUS-C), which was based on the six-item GUS (Raylu, N. and Oei, T.P.S. 2004.Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18, pp. 100–105). Confirmatory Factory Analysis using a sample of 422 Chinese community participants (221 Australian and 201 Taiwanese residents) confirmed that a one-factor model was the best fit for the data. Both the reliability and validity of the GUS-C were sound, indicating that the GUS-C is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing gambling urges among non-clinical Chinese samples.

Date: 2007
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