The FocaL Adult Gambling Screen (FLAGS): An Instrument to Identify Early Warning Signs for Gambling Risk, Harm, and Problem Gambling
May 2015
Highlights
- Focal Research has developed and validated the FocaL Adult Gambling Screen (FLAGS) to measure early signs of risk prior to the onset of gambling-related harm in addition to problem gambling, addressing an important gap in existing gambling risk assessments.
- FLAGS includes ten constructs related to the progression of gambling-related risk and harm, with scores used to assign players into one of five risk categories: No Detectable Risk, Early Risk, Intermediate Risk, Advanced Risk, and Problem Gambling.
- FLAGS is a highly successful instrument for identifying early, intermediate, and advanced risk for gambling problems among electronic gambling machine (EGM) players and general gambling populations, making it particularly useful for public health surveillance, prevention, and harm reduction applications.
