How to measure monetary losses in gambling disorder? An evidence-based refinement.
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Diverse monetary measures have been utilized across different studies in gambling disorder (GD). However, there are limited evidence-based proposals regarding the best way to assess financial losses. We investigated how different variables of monetary losses correlate with validated assessments of gambling severity and overall functioning in a large sample of subjects with GD (n = 436). We found that relative monetary variables (i.e. when financial losses were evaluated in relation to personal income) showed the most robust correlations with gambling severity and overall psychosocial functioning. Percentage of monthly income lost from gambling was the variable with the best performance. Keywords:
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Addictions, Clinical Measures, Outcome Assessment
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Psychiatry Research
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0165-1781
1872-7123
1872-7123
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Elsevier
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Wellcome Trust (110049/Z/15/Z)
Open Access funded by Wellcome Trust