Gambling Addiction Questionnaire Test - the question form
Questions: 50 · 10 minutes
1. I believe a person should not feel guilty about their gambling involvement.
True
False
2. If I have bad luck in gambling, I will have success in love.
Yes
No
3. I find everyday life boring.
Yes
No
4. There is no incorrect use of a word with multiple meanings in the following sentence: "After spending the whole night and morning playing a computer game, he went to bed only well into the afternoon."
Yes
No
5. From time to time, I worry about setbacks in games or arguments that may not seem significant to others but are important to me.
Yes
No
6. In general, there are no pessimists among people who gamble.
True
False
7. I usually gamble for longer than I had planned.
Yes
No
8. The excitement of gambling is stronger than the passion of love.
True
False
9. The chance of winning is inversely proportional to the size of the bet.
Yes
No
10. At times I feel that, in an exciting game, spectators see much more than the players themselves do.
True
False
11. My motto is: “You can only really get to know people through gambling and travel.”
Yes
No
12. I always say that gambling is not worth it.
Yes
No
13. The statement “to be a knowledgeable gambler, you need to know a lot of gambling slang” is correctly phrased.
Yes
No
14. At times, gambling or another game absorbs me so much that I forget everything else.
True
False
15. I firmly believe that betting is a form of gambling in which the outcome of a risk-based agreement to win, made between two or more participants or with the organizer, depends on an event whose occurrence is uncertain.
True
False
16. When things go wrong in my life, I tend to blame everyone but myself.
True
False
17. I think that under certain circumstances, I could pawn all my possessions to try my luck at gambling.
Yes
No
18. People who achieve what they want at any cost should not be judged.
True
False
19. I believe that if a person wants to be sure of winning, they should invent their own game with rules that only they understand.
True
False
20. Gambling is a state you enter when you lose control of yourself.
True
False
21. Winning the lottery does not mean you have beaten life.
True
False
22. I agree with the saying that gambling is a contagious disease of semi-civilized barbarians.
True
False
23. If someone tries to convince you that you are the one doing the gambling, it is more likely that the gambling is controlling you.
Yes
No
24. I believe that the most intense risk-taking gambling is done by people who have lost peace of mind.
Yes
No
25. After losing a wager, I feel an urge to return to gambling to win back my losses.
Yes
No
26. Gambling for money does not lead to anything good.
Yes
No
27. It is true that the god of gambling is the devil.
True
False
28. People who can afford to gamble do not need money, and people who need money cannot afford to gamble.
True
False
29. Excessive gambling often leads to negative consequences.
Yes
No
30. I am usually not bothered by the expected difficulties in an upcoming gambling game.
True
False
31. The excitement people seek for pleasure is the best proof that they are unable to find it.
True
False
32. The hardest part for me is not losing, but having to stop gambling.
True
False
33. If you avoid a game, you lose it from the start.
Yes
No
34. Gambling is interesting even without betting.
Yes
No
35. Sometimes I gamble to escape personal problems or a low mood.
Yes
No
36. I believe that most people who go to gambling clubs or casinos go there not to win, but to win back losses.
Yes
No
37. I doubt that the following statement is correctly phrased: “This gambler accounted for every minute of time.”
Yes
No
38. After a losing game, I often feel aggressive or upset.
Yes
No
39. Gambling is experimenting with chance.
Yes
No
40. At least once a week, I am preoccupied with thoughts about gambling.
Yes
No
41. My friends and close family think I am someone who could become involved in gambling.
True
False
42. Gambling, combined with moderate risk-taking, is a sign of a strong person.
Yes
No
43. I believe people start gambling for fun, continue out of stinginess, and end up with gambling becoming a passion.
True
False
44. Deep down, I must admit that I enjoy gambling.
True
False
45. The sentence “Sasha read materials from the Gamer website and broadened his understanding as a player” seems to me to be incorrectly constructed.
True
False
46. Gambling helps us kill something priceless: time.
Yes
No
47. Winnings from gambling include not only money, but also other property, including property rights, that are payable or transferable to the participant when the outcome specified by the gambling organizer’s rules occurs.
True
False
48. I believe a person may gamble, but only when they see nothing between themselves and death except their last ruble.
Yes
No
49. At times, my gambling has negatively affected my reputation.
Yes
No
50. Life is like the games: some people come to compete, some to trade, and the happiest come to watch.
Yes
No