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ArticleJournal of gambling studies2020

The Efficacy of a Gambling Prevention Program Among High-School Students.

Filipa Calado, Joana Alexandre, Liah Rosenfeld, Rafaela Pereira, Mark D Griffiths

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Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Preventive Gambling Programs for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  13. Safety.Net: A Pilot Study on a Multi-Risk Internet Prevention Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  16. A Longitudinal Analysis of Gambling Predictors among Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Filipa CaladoDepartment of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK. filipa.calado2013@my.ntu.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2906-7279
Joana AlexandreDepartment of Psychology, ISCTE - CIS/IUL - Lisbon University Institute, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2437-1258
Liah RosenfeldDepartment of Psychology, ISCTE - CIS/IUL - Lisbon University Institute, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026, Lisbon, Portugal.
Rafaela PereiraDepartment of Psychology, ISCTE - CIS/IUL - Lisbon University Institute, Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026, Lisbon, Portugal.
Mark D GriffithsDepartment of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia SFRH/BD/119749/2016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Youth problem gambling has become an emergent public health issue, and adolescents constitute a vulnerable age group for the development of gambling-related problems. Although there is research concerning the risk factors of youth problem gambling, rigorous evaluations of the effectiveness of preventive initiatives is still rare. The present study evaluated the efficacy of an integrative intervention to prevent youth problem gambling based on a multidimensional set of factors including gambling-related knowledge, misconceptions, attitudes, gambling frequency, amount of money spent, total hours spent gambling per week, and sensation seeking. A pre- and post-test design was performed with 111 Portuguese high-school students randomly assigned to two groups (experimental and control). The findings demonstrated that the intervention was effective in improving correct knowledge about gambling, reducing misconceptions and attitudes, and in decreasing the total hours spent gambling per week. The intervention was also effective in reducing the number of at-risk/problem gamblers during the study period. Furthermore, these findings were stable after a 6-week follow-up. Overall, the intervention program appeared to be effective in correcting some gambling-related behaviours, and provides suggestions for future interventions.

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AdolescentAdolescent BehaviorBehavior TherapyCase-Control StudiesCounselingFemaleGamblingHumansMalePrimary PreventionProgram EvaluationRandom AllocationRisk FactorsSchool Health ServicesStudentsAdolescent gamblingGambling intervention programGambling preventionProblem gamblingYouth gambling

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PMID31712967
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