People who see financial success as being overly important to their self-concept are more likely to develop gambling problems. The financially focused self-concept scale (FFS) is a 20-item scale to assess the extent to which people value financial success as being important to who they are. The aim of this study was to examine the structure of the FFS in a group of people who gamble. A total of 393 participants completed a survey that included the 20-item FFS, the 4-item Perceived Relative Deprivation Scale (PRDS), and the 9-item Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI). The researchers found support for the bifactor structure of the FFS, with one global factor underlying all items and four domain factors. Participants who were more financially focused had more severe gambling problems and felt more deprived compared to other people. These results provide support for the use of the FFS among people who gamble.
