ReviewJournal of gambling studies2020
What Can be Done to Reduce the Public Stigma of Gambling Disorder? Lessons from Other Stigmatised Conditions.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Prevalence of Impulse Control Disorders and Behavioral Addictions in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Public Perceptions of Gambling in the UK Armed Forces: Understanding Stigma Via a Vignette Experiment.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Trial
- Computerized cognitive training for problem gambling: A randomized controlled trial (TRAIN-online).Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Trial
- "Would You Be Comfortable Telling Your Family How Much You Lost Gambling Today?": An Experimental Comparison of Self-Appraisal Gambling Harm Prevention Messages.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Effects of Anti-Stigma Messages on Public Stigmatisation of Gambling Disorder: a Randomised Online Experiment.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Self-Labelling, Causal Attributions and Perceived Stigma in People Negatively Affected by Gambling.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Developing a utility value set for the Gambling Quality of Life Scale-Brief (GQoLS-Brief) using a discrete choice experiment.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- "To me, it was Just a Vice". Stigma and Other Barriers to Gambling Treatment in Piedmont, Italy.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
- Pictograms to aid laypeople in identifying the addictiveness of gambling products (PictoGRRed study).Scientific reports · 2022Article
- What Contributes to Public Stigma Towards Problem Gambling?: A Comparative Analysis of University Students in Australia, Canada, Croatia and Israel.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Article
- Development and Psychometric Properties of a New Patient-Reported Outcome Instrument of Health-Related Quality of Life Specific to Patients with Gambling Disorder: The Gambling Quality of Life Scale (GQoLS).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Gambling problems and help-seeking in serving United Kingdom military personnel: A qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Risk and protective factors for the development of gambling-related harms and problems among Australian sexual minority men.BMC psychology · 2021Article
- Actual Self-Image Versus Ideal Self-Image: An Exploratory Study of Self-Congruity Effects on Gambling Tourism.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Expanding on the multidisciplinary stakeholder framework to minimize harms for problematic risk-taking involving emerging technologies. •.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Article
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Abstract
Gambling is embedded in Australian cultural history, and perceived as a normal, legitimate leisure activity. Despite this normalisation, people who experience gambling problems are heavily stigmatised which can lead to a variety of harms that extend beyond the individual. The stigma from the general public appears to be based on a stereotype of a typical "problem gambler"-selfish, greedy, impulsive and irresponsible. However, research suggests that people experiencing gambling problems have widely varying characteristics and do not conform to this stereotype. Regardless of whether the stigma is justified, it is both present and problematic. Gamblers experiencing problems delay help-seeking due to feelings of shame and, not unwarranted, expectations of negative judgement because of the heavy stigma associated with the stereotype. As stigma is a primary barrier to treatment and a reason why gambling problems can take longer to acknowledge, it is important to understand and address how stigma can be reduced to minimise the negative consequences of gambling on individuals, their families and friends and the wider community. There is little research on reducing gambling-related stigma, so there is a need to examine strategies used in other stigmatised conditions, such as mental health, to understand the general principles of effective stigma reduction measures. Because gambling disorder is unique, well-hidden and consequently not well understood, there is a need to recognise that techniques used in other domains may differ in their effectiveness within the context of gambling stigma.
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