ArticleJournal of gambling studies2020
Use of Self-control Strategies for Managing Gambling Habits Leads to Less Harm in Regular Gamblers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Cultural adaptation of the lower-risk gambling guidelines: Reflections from the Finnish experience.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
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- A qualitative investigation of the feasibility and acceptability of lower risk gambling guidelines.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Use and impact of government-mandated activity statements for online gambling in Australia.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Features related to the presence of internet gaming disorder and their impact on the treatment outcomes.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
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- Testing the acceptability and feasibility of the lower-risk gambling guidelines in Finland.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
- "I Don't Have Any Limits": A Qualitative Analysis of Individual Gambling Self-Control Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- What is known about population level programs designed to address gambling-related harm: rapid review of the evidence.Harm reduction journal · 2024Review
- Applying the Canadian Low-Risk Gambling Guidelines to Gambling Harm Reduction in England.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Article
- Investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gambling.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Toward a delineation of the differences between high engagement and problem gaming.Addictive behaviors reports · 2022Article
- Smartphone App Delivery of a Just-In-Time Adaptive Intervention for Adult Gamblers (Gambling Habit Hacker): Protocol for a Microrandomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- A scoping review of hard systems and tools that restrict money and cash for gambling.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2021Article
- Addiction Problems, Aggression, and Quality of Life in People with Different Occupations in South Korea.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Gambling Self-Control Strategies: A Qualitative Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
There is little research on the control strategies used by the general public to self-manage gambling habits and avoid harmful consequences. The current study sought to identify the most common self-control strategies of people who gamble regularly, the characteristics of those who use them, and assess the effectiveness of limit-setting strategies in reducing gambling-related harm. We recruited a large sample (N = 10,054) of Canadian adults who reported gambling activity in the past 12 months. Participants completed a survey that assessed gambling habits, use of control strategies including quantitative limit setting, and gambling related harm. The most common control strategies were setting predetermined spending limits, tracking money spent, and limiting alcohol consumption. The number of self-control strategies used by gamblers was positively associated with gambling involvement, annual income, problem gambling severity and playing electronic gaming machines. Approximately 45% of respondents failed to adhere to self-determined quantitative limits for spending, frequency, and time spent gambling. People who stayed within their gambling limits were less likely to report harm even after controlling for other risk factors. However, the effectiveness of remaining within one's personal spending limit decreased for those whose limits exceed $200CAN monthly. The findings support public health interventions that promote lower-risk gambling guidelines aimed at helping gamblers stay within spending, frequency and duration limits.
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