NORC Diagnostic Screen for Gambling Problems.
NODS
- What it measures
- DSM-IV (adaptable to DSM-5) pathological/disordered gambling criteria; lifetime and past-year
- Length and format
- 17 (mapping to DSM criteria). Yes/No criterion items; counts of endorsed DSM criteria; severity thresholds (clinician-rated/interview)
- Language versions
- Several languages incl. ES, FR (and the brief NODS-CLiP/NODS-PERC adaptations)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Toce-Gerstein, M., Gerstein, D. R., & Volberg, R. A. (2009). The NODS-CLiP: A rapid screen for adult pathological and problem gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 25(4), 541-555.
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