Screening and Treatment for Co-occurring Gambling and Substance Use: A Scoping Review
AbstractThere is a high prevalence of gambling harms co-occurring with substance use harms. Where harms are co-occurring, they may be experienced as more severe. However, there is little evidence that services are systematically screening for such co-occurring harms in treatment-seeking populations. Furthermore, treatment modalities remain relatively under-developed, with treatment usually addressing only one source of harm.This scoping review looks at the current literature on screening and therapeutic interventions for co-occurring gambling and substance use harms to understand how co-occurring harms may be managed in a ...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 26, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Online Gambling Practices and Related Problems in Five European Countries: Findings from the Electronic Gam(bl)ing Multinational Empirical Survey (E-GAMES) Project
The objective of this paper is to provide a portrait of online gambling practices and problems in five European countries (i.e., France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Poland) with different online gambling regulatory systems. This paper is the first presenting national comparisons of online gambling practices. Participants reported on their gameplay patterns, demographic characteristics, gambling-related problems, gambling frequency, average spending on different online gambling activities, and offline gambling participation over the past 12 months. The Problem Gambling Severity Index was used to assess the severity o...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 19, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Impulsivity Moderates the Association Between Anxiety and Problem Gambling Among Canadian Undergraduates
This study examined how impulsivity moderated anxiety and problem gambling as well as gambling to cope. Given key gender differences, moderation was examined across genders. A sample of 484 undergraduate students who endorsed gambling behaviours completed anxiety, impulsivity, and problem gambling measures. Results showed men with higher levels of anxiety scored higher on problem gambling at both high (B = 0.706,SE = 0.073,p < 0.0001,f2 = 0.20) and low (B = 0.262,SE = 0.103,p = 0.01,f2 = 0.01) impulsivity, though the effect sizes were much larger for men with high impulsivity. This moder...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 15, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Microbetting, Fantasy Sports and Risk of Gambling Disorder: A Scoping Review
AbstractThe rapid growth of fantasy sports might facilitate constant play and harm. Micro-betting allows constant and impulsive betting, possibly augmenting the risk for gambling disorder. This work provides a rapid scoping review of recent publications regarding micro-betting and fantasy sports betting, including characteristics, prevalence, and causes across different age groups. A search in the PubMed database was set for November 2014 –November 2019, with inclusion criteria of human studies and written in English. The search terms included: “Sports betting AND children”, “Sports betting AND young adult”, “S...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 15, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
The Relationship Between Gambling Accessibility and Behavior Among Korean Adults
AbstractThis is the first population-based study in South Korea to examine the comprehensive nature of gambling accessibility. While most previous studies have examined only the physical aspects of gambling accessibility, this study accepts that gambling accessibility is multi-dimensional comprising physical, social, and cognitive accessibility, and tests the predictive power of each dimension of gambling behavior. We measured gambling behaviors in three ways: problem gambling, time spent on gambling, and gambling expenditure. Using a proportional quota sampling method (based on gender, age, and region) to represent the ge...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 14, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Gender Differences in the Propensity to Start Gambling
AbstractGambling opportunities have greatly expanded in recent years leading to an alternative form of leisure but also raising social concerns. Participation in such activities may be conditioned by individual characteristics affecting the willingness of individuals to gamble, including gender, but also by time effects linked to the availability and exposure of gambling. Using data from Spain, estimates from a time-varying split population duration model show significant gender differences in the propensity to start gambling (men ’s episodes as non-gamblers were observed to be shorter than women’s). Additionally, expa...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 4, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
The Paradoxical Clinical Course of Persons with Gambling Disorder and Comorbid Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
In this study, we aimed to investigate the social background, clinical characteristics, and clinical course of initial-visit GD patients with and without ADHD in a Japanese psychiatric hospital. We recruited 40 initial-visit GD patients and collected comprehensive information by self-report questionnaires, direct interviews, and medical records. 27.5% of the GD patients had comorbid ADHD. Compared to the GD patients without ADHD, those with ADHD had significantly higher comorbidity rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), lower rates of marriage, slightly less years of education and marginally lower employment rates. On th...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 4, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Associations Between Heavy Episodic Drinking, Drinking While Gambling, and Risky Gambling
Conclusions: The association of HED and alcohol use while gambling with risky gambling highlights the importance of preventing heavy alcohol use among gamblers. The links between these forms of drinking and risky gambling further suggests that individuals who engage in both activities are specifically prone to gambling harm. Policies should therefore discourage alcohol use while gambling for example by prohibiting serving alcohol at reduced prices or to gamblers who show signs of being affected by alcohol and informing individuals of the risks associated with alcohol use while gambling. (Source: Journal of Gambling Studies)
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 4, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Self-reported Deposits Versus Actual Deposits in Online Gambling: An Empirical Study
AbstractIn recent years a number of studies have used objective gambling data from online gambling operators to study gambling behavior. A few of these studies have compared gamblers ’ actual gambling behavior (using account-based tracking data) with their subjective gambling behavior (using responses from survey data). The present study extended previous studies by comparing self-reported money deposited with the actual amount of money deposited. The authors were given access to an anonymized secondary dataset of 1,516 online gamblers from a European online gambling operator. After removing those who had not deposited a...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 4, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
A Content Analysis of Problematic Gambling Prevention Interventions in the United States
AbstractGambling revenue in the United States is at all-time highs while recent and forthcoming legislation relaxes constraints on casino gaming, sports betting, and fantasy sports betting. Increased gambling will result in increased problematic gambling, highlighting the need to study the impact of our problematic gambling prevention interventions. To address this, we conducted a content analysis of problematic gambling prevention messages in the U.S. Results reveal that although there is overlap between theoretically-based messaging appeals recommended by research and those used in actual prevention interventions, health...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - July 4, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Two for the GOES: Exploring Gambling Outcome Expectancies Scores Across Mixed and Offline-Only Gamblers in Relation to Problem Gambling Risk Status
This study comprised a secondary data analysis of the 2015 Northern Territory Gambling Prevalence and Wellbeing Survey. A sample of 1207 individuals in the Northern Territory who had reported gambling at least once in the previous 12 months were used in the analyses. General linear and structural equation modelling were used to ascertain differences in gambling outcome expectancies, in relation to gambling modality (i.e., mixed, offline-only) and PGSI scores. Mixed gamblers tended to score higher on all outcome expectancies th an their offline-only counterparts. Outcome expectancy scores were higher in individuals in hi...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - June 27, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Are There Riskier Types of Gambling?
AbstractGambling-related harm is a public health issue requiring market regulation and efforts aimed at prevention and treatment. An important consideration for the regulation of gambling is whether certain types of gambling are intrinsically more harmful than others. The present study was a comprehensive investigation of this issue in a nationwide sample of 10,199 Canadian adult gamblers that included 1346 individuals with problem gambling. We investigated (a) the univariate cross-sectional association between individual types of gambling and problem gambling; (b) the cross-sectional association between individual gambl...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - June 24, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Much Ado About Nothing? The Role of Land-Based Gambling Venue Employees in Facilitating Problem Gambling Harm Reduction and Help-Seeking
This article reviews strategies, practices, and policies employed by land-based gambling venues concerning their employees ’ role in preventing gambling-related harm and responding to problem gambling behaviours. A systematic search strategy was applied to source peer-reviewed literature which identified 49 articles. The synthesised results were arranged and presented across five categories: (1) the identification of gamblers with potential problems in the venue; (2) gambling venue staff responses to gamblers with potential problems; (3) gamblers’ perspectives around venue responsibilities and interactions with gambler...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - June 21, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Who Do I (Not) Ask to Play my Lottery? Effects of Perceived Positive and Negative Agency, Communion and Luck on the Illusion of Control by Proxy
AbstractThe paper investigates the illusion of control by proxy in games of chance - an attempt to exert control by assigning it to others who are perceived as more capable, communable or luckier. Following up on research by Wohl& Enzle, who showed participants ’ preference to ask lucky others to play a lottery instead of doing it themselves, we included proxies with positive and negative qualities in the domains of agency and communion, as well good and bad luck. In three experiments (total N = 249) we tested participants’ choices between these pr oxies and a random number generator in a task consisting of obt...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - June 20, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Impairments of Sociocognitive Functions in Individuals with Behavioral Addictions: A Review Article
AbstractSince little is known about the exact pattern of social cognitive impairments related to behavioral addictions, the aim of the PRISMA-oriented review was to (i) provide an overview of relevant empirical publications, and to (ii) to elucidate which specific aspects of social cognition (i.e., emotion recognition, empathy, and theory of mind (ToM)) are impaired in different types of behavioral addictions. Behavioral addictions have been associated with cognitive deficits which may contribute to impaired social cognitive functioning. More recently, this domain has been investigated in patients with behavioral addiction...
Source: Journal of Gambling Studies - June 12, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
