caa a22 4500 445837462 CHVBK 20180317145334.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10899-010-9209-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10899-010-9209-x Differential Item Functioning of Pathological Gambling Criteria: An Examination of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Age [Elektronische Daten] [Paul Sacco, Luis Torres, Renee Cunningham-Williams, Carol Woods, G. Unick] This study tested for the presence of differential item functioning (DIF) in DSM-IV Pathological Gambling Disorder (PGD) criteria based on gender, race/ethnicity and age. Using a nationally representative sample of adults from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), indicating current gambling (n=10,899), Multiple Indicator-Multiple Cause (MIMIC) models tested for DIF, controlling for income, education, and marital status. Compared to the reference groups (i.e., Male, Caucasian, and ages 25-59years), women (OR=0.62; P<.001) and Asian Americans (OR=0.33; P<.001) were less likely to endorse preoccupation (Criterion 1). Women were more likely to endorse gambling to escape (Criterion 5) (OR=2.22; P<.001) but young adults (OR=0.62; P<.05) were less likely to endorse it. African Americans (OR=2.50; P<.001) and Hispanics were more likely to endorse trying to cut back (Criterion 3) (OR=2.01; P<.01). African Americans were more likely to endorse the suffering losses (OR=2.27; P<.01) criterion. Young adults were more likely to endorse chasing losses (Criterion 9) (OR=1.81; P<.01) while older adults were less likely to endorse this criterion (OR=0.76; P<.05). Further research is needed to identify factors contributing to DIF, address criteria level bias, and examine differential test functioning. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 MIMIC modeling nationallicence Differential item functioning nationallicence Pathological Gambling Disorder nationallicence Diagnostic criteria nationallicence Sacco Paul School of Social Work, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 525 West Redwood Street, 21201, Baltimore, MD, USA aut Torres Luis Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA aut Cunningham-Williams Renee George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut Woods Carol Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut Unick G. School of Social Work, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 525 West Redwood Street, 21201, Baltimore, MD, USA aut Journal of Gambling Studies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/2(2011-06-01), 317-330 1573-3602 27:2<317 2011 27 10899 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-010-9209-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-010-9209-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sacco Paul School of Social Work, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 525 West Redwood Street, 21201, Baltimore, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Torres Luis Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cunningham-Williams Renee George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Woods Carol Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Unick G. School of Social Work, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 525 West Redwood Street, 21201, Baltimore, MD, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Gambling Studies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/2(2011-06-01), 317-330 1573-3602 27:2<317 2011 27 10899 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer