University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Assessment. 2013 Oct;20(5):523-31. doi: 10.1177/1073191113500522. Epub 2013 Aug 14.
Despite widespread use, the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) has been criticized for excessive false positives as an indicator of pathological gambling (PG), and for items that misalign with PG criteria. We examine the relationship between SOGS scores and PG symptoms and convergent validity with regard to personality, mood, and addictive behaviors in a sample of 353 gamblers. SOGS scores correlated r = .66 with both DSM-IV and DSM-5 symptoms, and they manifested similar correlations with external criteria (intraclass correlation of .95). However, 195 false positives and 1 false negative were observed when using the recommended cut point, yielding an 81% false alarm rate. For uses with DSM-IV criteria, a cut point of 10 would retain high sensitivity with greater specificity and fewer false positives. For DSM-5 criteria, we advocate a cut point of 8 for use as a clinical screen and a cut point of 12 for prevalence and pseudo-experimental studies.
尽管 South Oaks Gambling Screen（SOGS）被广泛使用，但它也因作为病理性赌博（PG）的指标存在过高的假阳性率，以及与 PG 标准不匹配的项目而受到批评。我们在 353 名赌徒样本中研究了 SOGS 评分与 PG 症状之间的关系，以及与人格、情绪和成瘾行为的聚合效度。SOGS 评分与 DSM-IV 和 DSM-5 症状的相关系数分别为 r =.66，与外部标准的相关性也相似（内类相关系数为.95）。然而，当使用推荐的切点时，观察到 195 个假阳性和 1 个假阴性，这导致了 81%的虚报率。对于 DSM-IV 标准的使用，切点为 10 将保留高灵敏度，同时具有更高的特异性和更少的假阳性。对于 DSM-5 标准，我们主张切点为 8 用于临床筛查，切点为 12 用于患病率和伪实验研究。
