ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2023
The relationship between problematic gambling severity and engagement with gambling products: Longitudinal analysis of the Emerging Adults Gambling Survey.
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- Impulsivity, Cognitive Distortions, and Problem Gambling Among Spanish Adults Who Gamble: Exploring the Moderating Role of Gambling Self-Efficacy.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Online Personalized Normative Feedback to Foster Intention to Change and Help Seeking in Young Adults With Disordered Gambling and Trading Behaviors: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Engagement in New Gambling Practices and its Association with Gambling Disorder, Impulsivity, and Cognitive Distortions: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample of Spanish Gamblers.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Development and validation of the Trading Disorder Scale for assessing problematic trading behaviors.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- A scoping review of routinely collected linked data in research on gambling harm.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of Gambling on the Internet on Middle-Term and Long-Term Recovery from Gambling Disorder: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Observational
- Scrutinizing the Gateway Relationship Between Gaming and Gambling Disorder: Scoping Review With a Focus on the Southeast Asian Region.JMIR serious games · 2025Review
- The Dual Burden of Emerging Adulthood: Assessing Gambling Severity, Gambling-Related Harm, and Mental Health Challenges.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Harmful types of gambling: changes and emerging trends in longitudinal helpline data.European journal of public health · 2024Article
- Gambling harm prevention and harm reduction in online environments: a call for action.Harm reduction journal · 2023Review
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aimsTo measure the association between problem gambling severity and 19 different gambling activities among emerging adults (aged 16-26).
designAn online non-probability longitudinal survey collecting data in two waves: wave 1, July/August 2019; wave 2, July/October 2020.
settingGreat Britain
participantsA total of 2080 young adults participating in both waves. MEASUREMENTS: Problem gambling scores were collected using the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI). Binary variables recorded past year participation in 19 different gambling forms, ranging from lotteries to online casino and gambling-like practices within digital games (e.g. loot box purchase, skin betting). Controls included socio-demographic/economic characteristics, the Eysenck Impulsivity Scale and the number of gambling activities undertaken.
findingsZero inflated negative binomial model lacked evidence of an effect between past year participation in any individual activities and subsequent PGSI scores. However, negative binomial random effects models for current gamblers (n = 497) showed that skin betting (incidence-rate ratio [IRR] = 2.32; 95% CI = 1.69-3.19), fixed odd betting terminals (IRR = 2.21, 95% CI = 1.61-3.05), slot/fruit machines (IRR = 1.43, 95% CI = 1.07-1.91), online betting on horse/dog races (IRR = 1.53, 95% CI = 1.17-2.00) and online betting on non-sports events (IRR = 1.44, 95% CI = 1.11-1.89) were associated with increased PGSI scores. Online casino gambling had a significant interaction by wave; the impact of online casino betting in wave 2 on PGSI scores increased by a factor of 1.61.
conclusionsPast year participation of young adults (aged 16-26) in certain forms of gambling does not appear to be associated with future Problem Gambling Severity Index scores. Among young adults who are current gamblers, past year participation in certain land-based (e.g. electronic gaming machines) and online forms (e.g. skin betting) of gambling appears to be strongly associated with elevated Problem Gambling Severity Index scores.
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