Kragelund, Kamilla Ekholm, Ola Larsen, Christina V L Christensen, Anne I
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Journal of gambling studies
Belonging to an ethnic minority has been described as a possible risk factor for problem gambling, but the literature is inconclusive whether this association is true or just a proxy for other underlying risk factors. Hence, the aims were to investigate: (1) past year prevalence of problem gambling in the adult Danish population and trends since 20...
Tong, Kwok Kit Wu, Anise M S Chen, Juliet Honglei
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Journal of gambling studies
Responsible gambling (RG) is a practical approach to contain potential gambling-associated harms to an acceptable level. However, few studies have proposed a theoretical framework to account for significant individual differences in RG adherence, which hinders an effective RG promotion in public. To address this missing link, the current study aims...
Peter, Samuel C Whelan, James P Pfund, Rory A
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Journal of gambling studies
Many individuals diagnosed with an addictive disorder are members of disadvantaged groups and obtain a high school education or less, yet self-report questionnaires widely used to identify symptoms of addictive disorders do not use best practices to ensure item clarity and comprehension. In the present study, we explore how advanced text-analysis t...
McAuliffe, William H B Louderback, Eric R Edson, Timothy C LaPlante, Debi A Nelson, Sarah E
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Journal of gambling studies
Online gambling poses novel risks for problem gambling, but also unique opportunities to detect and intervene with at-risk users. A consortium of gambling companies recently committed to using nine behavioral "Markers of Harm'' that can be calculated with online user data to estimate risk for gambling-related harm. The current study evaluates these...
Widinghoff, Carolina Berge, Jonas Wallinius, Märta Billstedt, Eva Hofvander, Björn Håkansson, Anders
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Journal of gambling studies
Perunicic-Mladenovic, Ivana Filipovic, Snezana
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Journal of gambling studies
Owing to growing alcoholism and gambling, numerous variables have been the subject of study to better understand the causes of such addictions. This study aims to investigate personality factors, parental styles in upbringing and early exposure to alcoholism integratively to shed light on how such variables generally shape vulnerability for addicti...
Lind, Kalle Marionneau, Virve Järvinen-Tassopoulos, Johanna Salonen, Anne H
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Journal of gambling studies
Online and land-based gambling differ in terms of participation and harms. Multimode gambling has also been distinguished as a separate mode. The current study uses the Finnish Gambling 2019 population study sample of 18-74-year-old past-year gamblers (N = 3,077) to evaluate how these gambling modes differ in terms of socio-demographics, gambling p...
Pérez, Levi Rodríguez, Ana Shmarev, Andrey
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Journal of gambling studies
Cities are certainly a key factor in the location of gambling facilities. This paper aims to map the location of gambling outlets in urban areas and to examine potential links between neighborhoods socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and gambling supply, taking into account spatial dependencies of neighboring areas. This correlation is of...
Seal, Emma Cardak, Buly A Nicholson, Matthew Donaldson, Alex O'Halloran, Paul Randle, Erica Staley, Kiera
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Journal of gambling studies
Survey responses from a sample of nearly 15,000 Australian sports fans were used to study the determinants of: (i) gambling behaviour, including if a person does gamble and the type of gambling engaged with; (ii) the number of sports and non-sports bets made over a 12-month period; and (iii) attitudes towards betting on sports. The probability of b...
Russell, Alex M T Browne, Matthew Hing, Nerilee Visintin, Tess Begg, Stephen Rawat, Vijay Rockloff, Matthew
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Journal of gambling studies
Do stressful life events cause gambling problems, or do gambling problems cause stressful life events? This study used a retrospective design to examine the temporal order of these associations. Specifically, the study employed a life course calendar in a self-directed online survey to minimise memory biases common in retrospective designs. A total...
