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However, to date, no empirically validated adaptation of the instrument to Spanish-speaking countries exists.<\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\">\n          <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n          <jats:p>A sample of 659 sports bettors (<jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>age<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u200935.1 years, <jats:italic>SD<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200910.12, 74.2% males) were recruited through an online research panel. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to confirm its construct validity. The participants were administered the Spanish version of the PGSI, along with the adaptation to Spanish of the DSM-IV PG instrument for convergent validity.<\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec sec-type=\"results\">\n          <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n          <jats:p>The CFA of the Spanish PGSI showed satisfactory construct validity. The internal consistency (\u03b1<jats:sub>ordinal<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u2009.97) as well as its convergent validity with the DSM-IV scores (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.77, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001) was good.<\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec sec-type=\"conclusion\">\n          <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n          <jats:p>The Spanish adaptation of the PGSI offers satisfactory validity and reliability properties, and is a good psychometric instrument for exploring the social consequences of PG in Spanish-speaking contexts.<\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1556\/2006.7.2018.84","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,5]],"date-time":"2018-10-05T12:22:02Z","timestamp":1538742122000},"page":"814-820","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1556\/policypage.crossmark.crossref.1","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":52,"title":["Spanish validation of the Problem Gambling Severity Index: A 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