We have been studying on risk and protective factors on internet gaming addiction in secondary students. We would like to ask for further scales as there are only few who's scales has been published and introduced. It would be a great help and contribution to our study if there is a good response relating to the question.
I don't know the answer, but try looking up the profile of Charlotte Beard at Palo Alto University. She is actively working in this area.
Dear Madel,
many scales for pathological gambling (PG) are available:
Article The Gambling Cognitions Inventory: scale development and psy...
Article P-76- Evaluation of an Italian sample of gamblers with Danno...
Article Harmonizing Screening for Gambling Problems in Epidemiologic...
Risk and protective factors are not "scalable". I mean, risk and protective factors are event that may ocurr or not, therefore are observed variables. Scales are build around the concept of latent variables particularly in the field of social sciences and education.
Thank you for all your responses, it would help a lot and sharing your ideas is a pleasure.
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