ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
18-Item Version of the Short Gambling Harm Screen (SGHS-18): Validation of Screen for Assessing Gambling-Related Harm among Finnish Population.
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- Gambling Harms Statistically Mediate the Association between Risk-weighted Gambling Involvement and Wellbeing in a Population-representative Sample.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Measuring gambling harm in self-reported questionnaires: a scoping review.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Using administrative register data for adjusting non-response bias in the finnish gambling harms survey.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Who makes in-play bets? Investigating the demographics, psychological characteristics, and gambling-related harms of in-play sports bettors.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023Article
- Validation of the 7-Item Domain-General Gambling Harm Scale (DGHS-7).Addictive behaviors reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsIt is common for gambling research to focus on problem and disordered gambling. Less is known about the prevalence of gambling-related harms among people in the general population. This study aimed to develop and validate the 18-item version of the Short Gambling Harms Screen (SGHS-18).
methodsPopulation-representative web-based and postal surveys were conducted in the three geographical areas of Finland (
resultsThe analysis revealed that only the bifactor model had adequate fit for SGHS-18 (CFI = 0.953, TLI = 0.930, GFI = 0.974, RMSEA = 0.047, SRMR = 0.027). The general factor explained most of the common variance compared to specific factors. Coefficient omega hierarchical value for global gambling harm factor (0.80) was high, which suggested that SGHS-18 assessed the combination of general harm constructs sufficiently. The correlation with the Problem and Pathological Gambling Measures (PPGM) was 0.44, potentially reflecting that gambling harms are closely-although not perfectly-aligned with the mental health issue of problem gambling. SGHS-18 scores were substantially higher for participants who gambled more often, who spent more money or who had gambling problems, demonstrating convergent validity for the screen. DISCUSSION: The SGHS-18 comprehensively measures the domains of gambling harm, while demonstrating desirable properties of internal consistency, and criterion and convergent validity.
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