ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2020
Training gamblers to re-think their gambling choices: How contextual analytical thinking may be useful in promoting safer gambling.
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- Internet-based interventions for behavioral addictions: A systematic review.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Pooled it
- Educational interventions for erroneous gambling beliefs among Norwegian online casino players: a large-scale real-world study of behavioural impact.Harm reduction journal · 2026Trial
- Measuring gambling harm in self-reported questionnaires: a scoping review.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Impulsivity, Critical Thinking and Near-Miss Role for Persistence in Play on a Slot Machine.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Promoting Adolescent Safer Gambling Through Self-Referent Counterfactual Thinking and Knowledge of Probabilistic Outcome.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Article
- What is known about population level programs designed to address gambling-related harm: rapid review of the evidence.Harm reduction journal · 2024Review
- Personal experiences of suicidality in women with gambling disorder - A qualitative interview study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023Article
- Designing Improved Safer Gambling Messages for Race and Sports Betting: What can be Learned from Other Gambling Formats and the Broader Public Health Literature?Journal of gambling studies · 2023Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsHarmful gambling has been associated with the endorsement of fallacious cognitions that promote excessive consumption. These types of beliefs stem from intuitively derived assumptions about gambling that are fostered by fast-thinking and a lack of objective, critical thought. The current paper details an experiment designed to test whether a four-week online intervention to strengthen contextual analytical thinking in gamblers is effective in changing gamblers cognitions and encouraging safer gambling consumption.
methodsNinety-four regular gamblers who reported experiencing gambling-related harm were randomly allocated to either an experimental (n = 46) or control condition (n = 48), including 45 males, ranging from 19 to 65 years of age (M = 36.61; SD = 9.76). Following baseline measurement of gambling beliefs and prior week gambling consumption, participants in the experimental condition were required to complete an adaption of the Gamblers Fallacy Questionnaire designed to promote analytical thinking by educating participants on common judgement errors specific to gambling once a week for four weeks. Post-intervention measures of beliefs and gambling consumption were captured in week five.
resultsThe experimental condition reported significantly fewer erroneous cognitions, greater endorsement of protective cognitions, and reduced time spent gambling post-intervention compared to baseline. The control group also reported a reduction in cognitions relating to predicting and controlling gambling outcomes.
conclusionCognitive interventions that encourage gamblers to challenge gambling beliefs by reflecting on gambling involvement and promoting critical thinking may be an effective tool for reducing the time people invest in gambling activities.
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