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An internet survey on gambling behaviors of the university students in Hong Kong

Gambling Behavior Questionnaire (GBQ)

Please put a n in the corresponding box which best represents your answer in each of the following questions, and press

Submit Survey

after you finish the questionnaire.

Click this icon to see the Information Sheet

Part I: Demographic data:

1. Gender:

Female Male

2. Age:

≤ 18 19-21 22-24 25-27 28-30 ≥31

3. Marital status:

Single Married Defacto Divorce

Others (please specify)

4. Faculty:

Faculty of Architecture Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Business and Economics Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty of Education Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Law Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Science Faculty of Social Sciences

Others, please specify

5. Years of study :

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

6. Study programmes:

Undergraduate Postgraduate Doctoral Others (please specify)

7. Mode of study:

Full-time study Part-time study Overseas exchange Others (please specify)

8. Are you currently working for pay?

Full Time Part Time Not Working

9. Source of income:

Grant & Loan Part time job Full time job Pocket money Others (please specify)

10. Do you have any family member who gamble?

Yes (please specify) No

11. Do you have any friend who gamble?

Yes No

12. Do you live in Hall?

Yes No

13. Do you smoke?

Yes No

14. Do you drink alcohol?

Yes No

15. Do you use soft drug?

Yes No

16. Have you gambled in the past year, such as buying lottery tickets/mark six, playing mahjong, soccer betting, online casino, or gambling at a casino?

Not at all Once or more often

Part II: Gambling frequency of different games:

Please answer these questions regarding your gambling experiences during the past 12 months.

Note. These games were adapted to the types of gambling available in the Hong Kong and Macau.

Part III: Time and money spent in gambling:

25. In the last 12 months, how much money did you lose in gambling? $

26. In the past 30 days, on how many days did you gamble? days

27. In the past 7 days, how many hours did you spend in gambling? hours

28. In the past 7 days, how much money did you lose in gambling? $

Part IV: Gambling frequency at different venues:

Part V: South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS):

34. What is the largest amount of money you have gambled with on any one day in the past 12 months?

(a) none at all (e) $1001 - $5000

(b) <$100 (f) $5001 - $10000

(d) $501 - $1000

35. Where do you gamble most of the time? (please mark one)

(a) casino (e) horse track

(b) bar/restaurant (f) Internet/World Wide Web

(d) jockey club (投注站) (h) not applicable

36. What is your preferred game?

(a) mark six (e) soccer betting

(b) playing mahjong (f) casino gambling

(d) horse racing or other animals (h) other (please specify)

(i) not applicable

37. When you gamble, how often do you go back another day to win back money you lost?

(a) Never (c) most of the time I lost

(b) some of the time (less than half the time I lost) (d) every time I lost

38.Have you claimed to be winning money gambling but weren't really? In fact, you lost?

(a) yes, most of the time (b) yes, less than half the time I lost (c) never (or never gamble)

39. Do you feel you have a problem with gambling?

(a) yes (b) yes, in the past, but not now (c) No

40. Have you gambled more than you intended to?

yes no

41. Have people criticized your gambling?

yes no

42. Have you felt guilty about the way you gamble or what happens when you gamble?

yes no

43. Have you felt like you would like to stop gambling but didn't think you could?

yes no

44. Have you hidden betting slips, gambling money, or other signs of gambling from your parents,

or other important people in your life?

yes no

45. Have you argued with people you live with over how you handle your money?

yes no

46. If you answered yes to question 45, have any money arguments centered on your gambling?

yes no

47. Have you borrowed from someone and not paid them back as a result of your gambling?

yes no

48. Have you lost time from school due to gambling?

yes no

49. If you borrowed money to gamble or to pay gambling debts, who or where did you borrow from?

yes no

(a) from your parents

(b) from other relatives or in-laws

(d) from credit cards

(e) from loan sharks

(f) you cashed in stocks

(g) you sold personal or family property

(h) you borrowed on your checking account (over drawn/bad cheque)

(i) you have (had) a credit line with a casino

Part VI: DSM-IV:

You have completed the questionnaire. Thank you.

Acknowledgement

Special thanks to Dr. Randy Stinchfield of University of Minnesota Medical School for his permission to allow me to use the GBQ and modified it to fit into Asian

Special thanks to South Oaks Foundation through Dr Justine Ellerman, Service Director for the Chemical Dependence & Compulsive Gambling Program of South Oaks Hospital for her permission to reprint and administer the SOGS

Click this icon to see the Resource Guide

During the past 12 months, how often have you bet on these games?	Not at all	Less than once a month	Once a month	2-3 times a month	Once a week	Twice a week	3-6 days per week	Daily
17. How often did you purchase mark six (六合彩) in the last 12 months?
18. How often did you play mahjong (麻雀) for money in the last 12 months?
19. How often did you play cards for money [such as blackjack (二十一点)/card games] in the last 12 months?
20. How often did you bet money on horse racing (賭馬) (or other animals) in the last 12 months?
21. How often did you bet on sporting events, e.g., soccer betting (賭波), in the last 12 months?
22. How often did you visit a casino (Macau , ship) to gamble in the last 12 months?
23. How often did you gamble on the Internet for money, e.g., an internet casino site, in the last 12 months?
24. Have you played any other games for money in the last 12 months? If yes, how often have you played this game for money in the last 12 months?

During the past 12 months, how often did you gamble in the following locations?	Not at all	Less than once a month	Once a month	2-3 times a month	Once a week	Twice a week	3-6 days per week	Daily
29. A commercial gambling facility, e.g., a casino, or race track?
30. A bar or restaurant?
31. A social club or group?
32. At your home or the home of a friend?
33. How often did you gamble in any other location?

During the past year . . . .	Yes	No
50. Have there been times in the past year when you spent a lot of time thinking about past gambling experiences, planning your next gambling activity, or thinking of ways to get money to gamble?
51. Have you needed to gamble with larger amounts of money or with larger bets in order to obtain the same feeling of excitement?
52. Have you tried to control, cut back, or stop gambling several times in the past and been unsuccessful? (such as, set a money or time limit for yourself and then gone over it)
53. Do you feel restless or irritable when you try to cut down or stop gambling?
54. Do you feel that you gamble as a way to avoid or escape from personal problems or to relieve uncomfortable emotions, such as feelings of nervousness, helplessness, guilt, anxiety, or sadness?
55. After you lose money gambling, do you often return another day to get even or try to win back your losses?
56. Have you lied to family members, therapists, or others to hide your gambling from them?
57. Have you committed any illegal acts such as forgery, fraud, theft, or embezzlement to get money to gamble or to pay gambling debts?
58. Have you risked or lost a relationship with someone important to you, or a job, or school or career opportunity because of gambling?
59. Have you relied on others to pay your gambling debts or to pay your bills when you have financial problems caused by gambling?
60. Have you continued to gamble despite the fact that you could not pay your gambling debts?
61. Have you continued to gamble despite having lost your relationship with your spouse, other family member, or friend due to gambling?
62. Have you continued to gamble despite having lost your job or been kicked out of school due to gambling?
63. Have you continued to gamble despite having lost your life savings or house due to gambling?
64. Have you continued to gamble despite having been arrested for an illegal act related to your gambling, such as theft, embezzlement, forgery, fraud, etc.?
65. Have you frequently gambled with larger amounts of money than you intended to or for longer periods of time than you intended to?
66. Has your parent(s) or a friend told you that they think you have a gambling problem?