Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the gambling related cognitions scale in Chinese mainland sample

Yuping Yang; Daxing Wu; Yi Wen; Xujing Lu; Mulei Li

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.09.021

Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the gambling related cognitions scale in Chinese mainland sample

Addict Behav. 2014 Jan;39(1):341-4. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.09.021. Epub 2013 Oct 2.

Authors

Yuping Yang¹, Daxing Wu, Yi Wen, Xujing Lu, Mulei Li

Affiliation

¹ The Medical Psychological Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, 139 Middle Renmin Road, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China. Electronic address: yypyangyuping@163.com.

PMID: 24144588
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.09.021

Abstract

The English items of Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS) were first developed and validated by community-based population in 2004. The scale is now becoming a validated and reliable instrument to assess gambling related cognitions in the gambling literature of the West. The present study recruited 730 general adult Chinese individuals to validate the Chinese version of Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS-C). The results of a confirmatory factor analysis of the Chinese data supported the second-order model with five major factors proposed by Oei and Raylu (2006). The overall scale and five factors demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Construct validity and concurrent validity of GRCS-C was also sound suggesting that the GRCS-C is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing gambling related cognition among non-clinical Chinese individuals.

Keywords: Chinese; Gambling cognition; Psychometric property.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
China
Cognition*
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Gambling / psychology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychometrics / instrumentation
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult