Development and validation of the Pachinko/Pachi-Slot Playing Ambivalence Scale

BACKGROUND: A scale aimed at measuring ambivalence among people with pachinko/pachi-slot playing disorder, the Pachinko/Pachi-Slot Playing Ambivalence Scale (PPAS), was developed and its reliability and validity ascertained. METHODS: A total of 522 participants (average year: 48.0) who were residing...

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Autores principales: Komoto, Yasunobu, Shoun, Akiyo, Akiyama, Kumiko, Sakamoto, Akira, Sato, Taku, Nishimura, Naoyuki, Shinohara, Kikunori, Ishida, Hitoshi, Makino, Nobuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5429383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28573085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40405-017-0023-6
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: A scale aimed at measuring ambivalence among people with pachinko/pachi-slot playing disorder, the Pachinko/Pachi-Slot Playing Ambivalence Scale (PPAS), was developed and its reliability and validity ascertained. METHODS: A total of 522 participants (average year: 48.0) who were residing in Tokyo Metropolitan Area, and had played pachinko within the previous year completed questions relating to demographics, four gambling-related scales (including South Oaks Gambling Screen) and two general ambivalence scales (including Ambivalence over Emotional Expressiveness Questionnaire). RESULTS: Internal consistency (α = 0.87) and test–retest reliability (r = 0.66) were confirmed. The PPAS’s score was associated with each related scale’s score (r = 0.37–0.62). CONCLUSIONS: The PPAS was shown to be consistent with previous scales and useful in clinical settings.

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