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ArticleJournal of gambling studies2022

Gambling by Young Adults in the UK During COVID-19 Lockdown.

Alan Emond, Agnes Nairn, Sharon Collard, Linda Hollén

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Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. COVID-19 and resultant restrictions on gambling behaviour.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Alan EmondCentre for Academic Child Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 1-5 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 1NU, UK. alan.emond@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8029-2987
Agnes NairnSchool of Management, Faculty of Social Science and Law, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Sharon CollardSchool of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Linda HollénCentre for Academic Child Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, 1-5 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 1NU, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council G9815508Medical Research Council MC_PC_15018Medical Research Council MC_PC_19009Wellcome Trust Grant ref: 102215/2/13/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gambling is a common activity amongst young adults in the UK, and was a behavior of interest during the early mitigation against COVID-19 (first lockdown). The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) was used to investigate attitudes, moods and behavior during lockdown in England. ALSPAC participants were invited to complete online questionnaires in May 2020, including a set of questions about frequency of gambling and gambling activities which had been asked three years previously. Mental health and wellbeing data and alcohol use were also collected as part of lockdown questionnaires. Gambling questions were completed by 2632 young adults, 71% female, with a mean age of 27.8 years. Overall, gambling frequency reduced during lockdown for both males and females, but more males engaged in regular (weekly) gambling. Gambling activities became more restricted compared to previous reports, but online gambling (e.g. online poker, bingo, casino games) was more frequent. Previous gambling behaviour predicted gambling frequency during lockdown. No associations were apparent between gambling frequency and measures of mental health and well-being. Heavy alcohol use was strongly linked with regular gambling during lockdown. Gamblers were more than twice as likely as non-gamblers to have experienced financial difficulties pre-COVID, but gambling frequency was not related to employment status during lockdown. Online gambling increased during lockdown, whilst offline gambling activities decreased in frequency. A small minority of regular weekly gamblers, who tended to be male and heavy users of alcohol, participated in a wide range of online and offline gambling activities.

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COVID-19GamblingAdultChildCommunicable Disease ControlFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleSARS-CoV-2United KingdomYoung AdultALSPACCOVID-19GamblingLockdown

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PMID33997939
PMCPMC8126430

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