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Clinical: specific disorders

Lie/Bet Questionnaire.

Lie/Bet

What it measures
Ultra-brief pathological-gambling screen (lying about gambling; needing to bet increasing amounts)
Length and format
2 items. Yes/No; any 'yes' flags possible problem gambling (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Several languages incl. PL, ES, PT
Normative data
Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
Licence
public-domain / open

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Reference
Johnson, E. E., Hamer, R., Nora, R. M., et al. (1997). The Lie/Bet Questionnaire for screening pathological gamblers. Psychological Reports, 80(1), 83-88.

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