ArticleJournal of affective disorders2022
Predictors and patterns of gambling behaviour across the COVID-19 lockdown: Findings from a UK cohort study.
Article in Journal of affective disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07455981 (Assessment of the Interaction Between Atypical Working Hours and/or Periods of Inactivity on Risky Gambling Practices Among Adults Working Under These Conditions.), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Assessment of the Interaction Between Atypical Working Hours and/or Periods of Inactivity on Risky Gambling Practices Among Adults Working Under These Conditions.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Risk Factors for Gambling Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Pooled it
- Boredom in Psychiatric Disorders: Another Dimensional Construct?Brain and behavior · 2026Review
- Does the unavailability of social media affect online gambling behavior? A behavioral tracking data study before and after the October 2021 Facebook outage.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Article
- Construct Validity and Reliability of the South Oaks Gambling Screen Among the Indonesian Population.Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025Article
- Gambling in Canada During the COVID Lockdown: Prospective National Survey.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Article
- Mental Health Over Time and Financial Concerns Predict Change in Online Gambling During COVID-19.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2022Article
- Changes in sports gambling behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on gambling and gambling disorder: emerging data.Current opinion in psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy has raised concerns about negative coping behaviours to offset financial losses. We used a subset of a longitudinal study of UK adults (N = 19,963) to examine a range of predictors of (i) gambling during the first strict lockdown, (ii) gambling more frequently during this strict lockdown compared to before lockdown, and (iii) continued increased frequency of gambling during the relaxation of restrictions. Results from logistic regressions indicated that amongst other factors, those with progressively lower levels of education, were stressed due to boredom, frequently drank alcohol, and had high risk-taking tendencies were more likely to gamble during strict lockdown. Individuals who were more likely to have increased their frequency of gambling during strict lockdown compared to before the lockdown were stressed by boredom, employed, frequently drank alcohol, and had depression and anxiety, whilst men and current smokers were less likely. As lockdown restrictions eased, individuals of ethnic minority backgrounds, who were current smokers, and with lower educational attainment were more likely to continue gambling more than usual. Findings contribute to knowledge of who is most at risk for increasing their gambling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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