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Validity and Reliability Study of South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents in a Sample of Turkish High School Students THE TURKISH JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS www.addicta.com.tr ORIGINAL RESEARCH Validity and Reliability Study of South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents in A Sample of Turkish High School Students Yeşim Erdoğdu1 , Kuntay Arcan2 1Clinical Psychologist, İstanbul, Turkey 2Department of Psychology, Maltepe University School of Humanities and Social Sciences, İstanbul, Turkey ORCID iDs of the authors: Y.E. 0000-0003-2466-4605; K.A. 0000-0002-8118-4547. Main Points • This study aimed to test the reliability and validity of the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adoles- cents (SOGS-RA; Winters, Stinchfield, & Fulkerson, 1993) in Turkish among high school students. • The Cronbach’s alpha value was satisfactory (α=0.88). • Confirmatory factor analysis supported the unifactorial structure of the scale. • Positive and significant correlations of the SOGS-RA scores with gambling motives, gambling-related faulty cognitions, and gambling frequency supported the concurrent validity of the scale. • Lack of re-test reliability data and convenience sampling are the major limitations of the present study that can be taken into consideration in future studies. Abstract This study was conducted to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the South Oaks Gam- bling Screen-Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA). The study included a sample of 356 Turkish high school students who reported that they had gambled at least once in the previous year (26.4% females, 73.6% males; mean age=17.09; SD=1.33; range 14-19). In addition to the SOGS-RA gambling motives, gambling related faulty cognitions, and gambling frequency of the participants were also utilized for the relevant analyses. The internal consistency analysis revealed a satisfactory value (α=0.88) for the Turkish version of the SOGS-RA. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the unifactorial structure of the scale. Positive and significant correlations of the SOGS-RA scores with gambling motives, gambling-related faulty cognitions, and gambling frequency supported the validity of the scale. The results suggested that the Turkish version of the SOGS-RA was a valid and reliable instrument to assess gambling problems among Turkish adolescents. Keywords: Problem gambling, SOGS-RA, Turkish adolescents, validity, reliability Corresponding author: Yeşim Erdoğdu pect positive outcomes, it may cause them serious E-mail: Introduction [email protected] harm (Neal, Delfabbro, & O’Neil, 2005), which can From the past to present day, gambling has be- emerge in many different areas of the gambler’s Received: 9.09.2019 come a widespread and socially acceptable activity life. Financial problems represent one of the most Revision: 17.11.2019 (McComb & Sabiston, 2010). Gambling is defined prominent harms related to gambling (Downs & Accepted: 29.01.2020 Available Online Date: as risking something worthwhile in order to win Woolrych, 2010; Stuhldreher, Stuhldreher, & For- 06.05.2020 something more valuable (Wilber & Potenza, 2006). rest, 2007). Gambling may also lead to workplace Gambling is usually associated with motives such problems such as wasting time on gambling instead ©Copyright by 2020 Türkiye Yeşilay Cemiyeti (Turkish as avoidance, entertainment, monetary gains, so- of performing work responsibilities, reduced work Green Crescent Society) - cialization, and excitement (Lee et al., 2007). Al- performance, increased absenteeism, and termina- Available online at www. addicta.com.tr though the individuals who engage in gambling ex- tion of employment (Binde, 2016; Downs & Wool- Cite this article as: Erdoğdu, Y., & Arcan, K. (2020). Validity and reliability study of South Oaks gambling screen-revised for adolescents in a sample of Turkish high school students. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 7(2), 99-106. DOI: 10.5152/ADDICTA.2020.19089 99 Erdoğdu and Arcan. South Oaks Gambling Screen for Turkish Adolescents rych, 2010; Griffiths, 2009). In addition, gambling may cause as Italian (Colasante et al., 2014), Lithuanian (Skokauskas, Bur- interpersonal problems. Social isolation (Holdsworth, Hing, & ba, & Freedman, 2009), and Swedish (Volberg, Abbott, Ronnberg, Breen, 2012; King, Delfabbro, & Griffiths, 2010), conflicts with & Munck, 2001). Those studies reveal that SOGS-RA was a valid family and friends (Downs & Woolrych, 2010; Raisamo, Halme, and reliable instrument for measuring problem gambling sever- Murto, & Lintonen, 2013), and neglecting the family (Downs & ity among adolescents in different societies. Duvarcı and Varan Woolrych, 2010) are some examples of those problems. (2001) have previously adapted the adult version of the SOGS to the Turkish language, and their findings revealed that the Traditionally, gambling has been considered as an adult activity Turkish form of the scale was reliable and valid for measuring (Derevensky, Sklar, Gupta, & Messerlian, 2010). In the related gambling problems among adults with minor revisions, such as literature, gambling problems have usually been investigated replacing three original items with two culturally relevant items with adult samples. However, empirical evidence indicates that and changing the cutoff score as 8 instead of 5 in order to identify adolescents are also quite interested in gambling activities. Re- probable pathological gamblers. searchers have noted that problem gambling among adolescents is quite prevalent (Griffiths, 2011), especially among high school Problem gambling during adolescence has often been the sub- adolescents (Canale et al., 2016). Minimum legal gambling age ject of Western studies. However, recent studies conducted in is 18 years old in many countries such as Italy (Canale et al., non-Western countries revealed that problem gambling was also 2016), United Kingdom (Gambling Act; The National Archives, remarkably prevalent among adolescents who were living in 2005), Iceland (Olason et al., 2011), some American states (Wel- developing countries such as India (Jaisoorya et al., 2017) and te, Barnes, Tidwell, & Hoffman, 2009), or Turkey (Milli Piyango Romania (Lupu & Todirita, 2013). To our knowledge, no study Idaresi Genel Mudurlugu Bilet Satis, Cekilis ve Ikramiye Yonet- has been conducted about gambling problems in adolescents in meligi; Resmi Gazete 2006) in order to avoid the potential harm; Turkey. Moreover, there is no reliable and valid measurement however, it is suggested that the younger generation is at risk for instrument to assess gambling problems of Turkish adolescents. gambling problems (Derevensky, 2012; Volberg, Gupta, Griffiths, Thus, the goal of the current study was to investigate whether Ólason, & Delfabbro, 2010). According to the results of various the Turkish translated version of the SOGS-RA shows promising studies, problem gambling rates among adolescents range be- psychometric properties for screening problem gambling among tween 1.3% (Kristiansen & Jensen, 2014) and 11% (Canale, Sca- Turkish adolescents. The present study also tested the evidence if cchi, & Griffiths, 2016). Some researchers estimate that problem the SOGS-RA measures a common construct of gambling severi- gambling rates among adolescents are 2 to 3 times higher than ty among adolescents above and beyond cultural diversities. Law the rates among adults (Burge, Pietrzak, &Petry, 2006; Poten- prohibits gambling and betting for individuals who are under the za, Kosten, & Rounsaville, 2001). These high prevalence rates age of 18 in Turkey as most of the other Western countries exem- demonstrate that most gambling activities are easily accessed by plified above such as Italy (Canale et al., 2016), United Kingdom adolescents in spite of the legal age limit of 18 years for gambling (Gambling Act; The National Archives, 2005) or Iceland (Olason activities in many societies (Derevensky & Gilbeau, 2015). et al., 2011). Thus, legal attitude towards gambling of adolescents is consistent across cultures. However, distinct from Western Adolescent gambling patterns are considered a reliable predictor countries, Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country and gam- of adulthood gambling problems (Rahman et al., 2012). It has bling is not approved according to the Islamic faith. Sin was re- been shown in various studies that gambling onset in early age ported as a major reason not to gamble according to the results predicts gambling problems in the following years (Australian of a study of a nationally representative sample conducted by the Productivity Commission, 1999; Carbonneau, Vitaro, Brendgen, Government Inspection Board, a foundation of the Presidency & Tremblay, 2015; Rahman et al., 2012). Thus, examination of of the Republic of Turkey (2009). On the other hand, although adolescent gambling is important for exploring the risk factors relevant Turkish literature lacks prevalence studies which are and developing preventive programs for problem gambling. conducted in representative samples to assess gambling prob- lems, limited number of scale adaptation studies reveal hints Appropriate measurement tools are required to understand of the presence of problem gambling in Turkish society among problem gambling among adolescents. The South Oaks Gam- adults (Arcan & Karanci, 2015; Duvarcı & Varan, 2001). Adap- bling Screen (SOGS), originally developed by Lesieur and Blume tation or development of gambling related scales in Turkish for (1987) for assessment of gambling severity among adults, was adolescents is required to improve the relevant literature. Thus, revised by Winters, Stinchfield, and Fulkerson (1993)
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