SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
Preventive Gambling Programs for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.
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- Substance Use and Problem Gambling Interventions for People With Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2025Pooled it
- Selective prevention programs for substance and behavioral addictions in adolescents: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- The use of games in the classroom to promote mental health knowledge and healthy attitudes in adolescents: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Preventing gambling-related harm in adolescents (PRoGRAM-A), a secondary school-based social network intervention: Results from a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of the School Gambling Prevention Program "What's at stake?": A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- When Others Are Present: How Gender and Group Identification Shape Risk-Taking in Novice Gamblers?Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Detecting Gambling Addiction: How Text Mining of Customer-Operator Online Chats Reveals Behavioral Risks.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Associations Between Coping Strategies and Gambling Disorders in University Students: An Exploratory Neural Network Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Commentary on Dobbie et al.: Preventing adolescent gambling-related harm-Is a universal approach sufficient?Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Behavioral and social pathways of adolescent drug use in Indonesia: implications for community-based prevention.BMC public health · 2026Article
- SAFESLOT: an experimental virtual reality protocol to examine flow, craving, and cognitive biases in gambling.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Preventing gambling-related harm among adolescents (PRoGRAM-A): an embedded multi-modal process evaluation in a pilot cluster random control trial.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Mitigating Gambling-Related Harms in Children and Young People: A Scoping Review of Interventions.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Correlates of Gambling Behaviour Among Adolescents: The Role of Psychological Factors, School Behaviours, and Normative Perceptions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Risk Factors of At-Risk/Problem Gambling Among Young Adult Spanish Students.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2025Article
- Protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of PRoGRAM-A (preventing gambling-related harm in adolescents): a secondary school-based social network intervention.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
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Abstract
Gambling disorder in youth is an emerging public health problem, with adolescents and young adults constituting a vulnerable age group for the development of gambling-related problems. Although research has been conducted on the risk factors for gambling disorder, very few rigorous studies can be found on the efficacy of preventive interventions in young people. The aim of this study was to provide best practice recommendations for the prevention of disordered gambling in adolescents and young adults. We reviewed and synthesized the results of existing RCTs and quasi-experimental studies covering nonpharmacological prevention programs for gambling disorder in young adults and adolescents. We applied the PRISMA 2020 statement and guidelines to identify 1483 studies, of which 32 were included in the systematic review. All studies targeted the educational setting, i.e., high school and university students. Most studies followed a universal prevention strategy, that particularly targeted adolescents, and an indicated prevention strategy for university students. The reviewed gambling prevention programs generally showed good results in terms of reducing the frequency and severity of gambling, and also regarding cognitive variables, such as misconceptions, fallacies, knowledge, and attitudes towards gambling. Finally, we highlight the need to develop more comprehensive prevention programs that incorporate rigorous methodological and assessment procedures before they are widely implemented and disseminated.
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