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F.A.J.E.R.

The Andalusian Federation of Rehabilitated Gamblers
and
The Department of Social Psychology and Methodology of The University of Granada
Present:

Questionnaire for Detection of Pathological Gambling

The following questionnaire provides you with a series of questions about thoughts, feelings and behaviours related with gambling games in which money is bet.
If in the last year you have Never experienced or carried out what is described in the question, click on the button in the first column.
If in the last year you have Sometimes experienced or carried out what is described in the question, click on the button in the second column.
If what is asked has happened Many times in the last year, click on the button in the third column.

Never Some
times		 Many
times
1. Do the thoughts of gambling unable you to concentrate at work, or in tasks such as reading, or solving family matters?
2. Do the thoughts of how to find money to gamble unable you to sleep or wake you up during the night?
3. When you gamble, do you commit yourself to keep on playing until you win?
4. When you gamble, do you spend all the money up to the point of being unable to pay for drinks or having to walk back home?
5. Do you gamble more money than you expected to gamble at the beginning?
6. Have you ever tried quitting gambling and been unable to?
7. Have you ever felt anxious or irritated when you cannot gamble?
8. Do you feel irritated if you have to interrupt a gambling session for a professional or familiar obligation?
9. Do you gamble to prove your capacity or skills to other people?
10. Do you gamble to calm you down before dealing with the local council, fiscal authorities, traffic authorities, etc.?
11. Do you think that the only way to solve your economic situation is to have a strike of luck when gambling?
12. After you loose, do you feel that you have to gamble again as soon as possible to make up for your loses?
13. Do you look for places far from your home to gamble?
14. Do you tell people that you have made money even though you have lost it?
15. Have you made up things to do in the street, visits to the g.p., etc, to be able to leave work in order to gamble?
16. Have you unattended personal or familiar obligations because you were gambling?
17. Do you spend or have spent the money you deal with at work for gambling?
18. Have you borrowed money from family or friends for gambling?
19. Have you borrowed money from borrowing agencies or loan sharks for gambling?
20. Have you stolen or committed other criminal actions in order to get money for gambling?

If you would like to see a quick evaluation of your answers, clic on this button
If you wish to know your score, click here


Web Site and questionnaire, designed by José M. Salinas.
Comments welcome at: jsalinas@ugr.es