Problem Gambling: Inventory of gambling situations

Inventory of Gambling Situations (IGS 1.0)

Nigel Turner, Ph.D.
Nina Littman-Sharp MSW, CGC
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

The IGS is designed to help therapists identify situations in which clients with gambling problems are at risk for relapse. Based on the widely-used Inventory of Drinking Situations (IDS), the IGS provides an individualized profile of a client's gambling behaviour by identifying situations associated with the client's gambling in the past year. The client and therapist can focus their relapse prevention efforts more effectively once these high-risk situations, feelings and cognitions are identified.

Onscreen Administration, Scoring and Report Generation

Clients complete a 63-item inventory and the items are scored and summarized into 10 subscales:

Negative affect situations

• Negative Emotions
• Conflict with Others

Temptation situations

• Urges and temptations
• Testing Personal Control

Positive affect situations

• Pleasant Emotions
• Social Pressure to Use
• Need for Excitement

Gambling cycle situations

• Worried about Debts
• Winning and Chasing
• Confidence in Skill

The report provides a summary of the scores for each subscale and a list of the highest risk areas, with examples of high scoring items, and suggestions for the client.

IGS version 1.0 50 use Windows format $38.00 Product code: PD029
IGS version 1.0 200 use Windows format $125.00 Product code: PD030

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