Korean Journal of Addiction Psychology

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to confirm characters of Korean Gambling Behavior Practical Scale(high level) through comparison with Canadian Problem Gambling Index which used already in the field. 502 customers who visited one gambling company completed KGBS and K-CPGI. Factor analyses found that all two scales got one factor. This result is same with that of existing researches. And the mean of subgroups of each scales was confirmed all statistically significant through one-way ANOVA. However χ² analyses about observed frequencies of each groups showed that KGBS-H was statistically significant but K-CPGI wasn't. It means that the usage of K-CPGI for high user who might have much experience in gambling might be restricted. Lastly, we discussed the suggestion for future research, the implication and limitation of this study.