ReviewNordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT2019
The total consumption model applied to gambling: Empirical validity and implications for gambling policy.
Review in Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Affect Regulation Motives for Gambling and Gambling Engagement: A Two-Year Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model.International gambling studies · 2026Article
- Does the total consumption model apply to cannabis use?Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Reframing Harm and Evidence: Advocacy Coalitions and the Transformation of Finnish Alcohol Policy.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2026Article
- Gambling consumption and harm: a systematic review of the evidence.Addiction research & theory · 2024Review
- Tracking online searches for gambling activities and operators in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Google Trends™ analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023Article
- An Empirical Attempt to Operationalize Chasing Losses in Gambling Utilizing Account-Based Player Tracking Data.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
- Gambling harm prevention and harm reduction in online environments: a call for action.Harm reduction journal · 2023Review
- Addressing gambling harms by reducing the supply of electronic gambling machines: a comparative study of Italy and Finland.BMC public health · 2022Article
- "Show Me the Money": Preliminary Lessons from an Implementation of Intervention Tools at the Payment Gateway Level.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Article
- Changes in sports gambling behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- On the efficiency of Nordic state-controlled gambling companies.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2021Article
- Changes of Gambling Patterns during COVID-19 in Sweden, and Potential for Preventive Policy Changes. A Second Look Nine Months into the Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Regulatory Measures' Effect on Gambling Participation: Experiences From Norway.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Online Survey of Gambling Participation and Problem Gambling in Chiba City: Problem Gambling Rates May be Strongly Influenced by the Administration Mode.Journal of gambling studies · 2020Article
- Transitioning Between Online Gambling Modalities and Decrease in Total Gambling Activity, but No Indication of Increase in Problematic Online Gambling Intensity During the First Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Sweden: A Time Series Forecast Study.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- Funding of gambling studies and its impact on research.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2019Article
- Gambling - no ordinary commodity.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
aimThe total consumption model (TCM) originates from studies of the distribution of alcohol consumption and posits that there is a strong association between the total consumption and the prevalence of excessive/harmful consumption in a population. The policy implication of the TCM is that policy measures which effectively lead to a reduction of the total consumption, will most likely also reduce the extent of harmful consumption and related harms. Problem gambling constitutes a public health issue and more insight into problem gambling at the societal level and a better understanding of how public policies may impact on the harm level, are strongly needed. The aim of this study was to review the literature pertaining to empirical validity of the TCM with regard to gambling behaviour and problem gambling and, on the basis of the literature review, to discuss the policy implications of the TCM.
methodsThe study is based on a literature mapping through systematic searches in literature databases, and forward and backward reference searches.
resultsThe literature searches identified a total of 12 empirical studies that examined the total consumption model or provided relevant data. All but one of these studies found empirical support for the TCM; that is, a positive association between population gambling mean and prevalence of excessive or problem gambling. Such associations were found both with cross-sectional data and with longitudinal data.
conclusionThere is a small but fairly consistent literature lending empirical support to the total consumption model. An important policy implication is that interventions which are successful in reducing overall gambling are likely also to reduce problem gambling incidence.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.