The extent and distribution of gambling-related harms and the prevention paradox in a british population survey

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 204-212

  Canale, Natale ^a   Vieno, Alessio ^a   Griffiths, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gambling; Gambling involvement; Great Britain; Harms; Population studies; Prevention paradox

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GAMBLING RELATED HARM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PREVENTION PARADOX; TIME; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATASETS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978873046     PISSN: 20625871     EISSN: 20635303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/2006.5.2016.023     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Abbott, M., Binde, P., Hodgins, D., Korn, D., Pereira, A., Volberg, R., & Williams, R. (2013). Conceptual framework of harmful gambling: An International Collaboration. Guelph, Ontario: Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre.
2. American Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., text rev.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
3. American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental health disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
4. Auer, M., & Griffiths, M. D. (2013). Limit setting and player choice in most intense online gamblers: An empirical study of online gambling behaviour. Journal of Gambling Studies, 29, 647-660. doi:10.1007/s10899-012-9332-y
5. Blaszczynski, A. (2009). Problem gambling: We should measure harm rather than 'cases'. Addiction, 104, 1072-1074. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02505.x
6. Blaszczynski, A., Ladouceur, R., Goulet, A., & Savard, C. (2008). Differences in monthly versus daily evaluations of money spent on gambling and calculation strategies. Journal of Gambling Issues, 21, 98-105. doi:10.4309/jgi.2008.21.9
7. Brosowski, T., Hayer, T., Meyer, G., Rumpf, H. J., John, U., Bischof, A., & Meyer, C. (2015). Thresholds of probable problematic gambling involvement for the German population: Results of the Pathological Gambling and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29(3), 794-804. doi:10.1037/adb0000088
8. Caetano, R., Mills, B., Pinsky, I., Zaleski, M., & Laranjeira, R. (2012). The distribution of alcohol consumption and the prevention paradox in Brazil. Addiction, 107, 60-68. doi:10.1111/ j.1360-0443.2011.03567.x
9. Canale, N., Santinello, M., & Griffiths, M. D. (2015). Validation of the reasons for gambling questionnaire (RGQ) in a British population survey. Addictive Behaviors, 45, 276-280. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.01.035
10. Currie, S. R., Hodgins, D. C., Wang, J., El-Guebaly, N., Wynne, H., & Chen, S. (2006). Risk of harm among gamblers in the general population as a function of level of participation in gambling activities. Addiction, 101(4), 570-580. doi:10.1111/ j.1360-0443.2006.01392.x
11. Currie, S. R., Miller, N., Hodgins, D. C., & Wang, J. (2009). Defining a threshold of harm from gambling for population health surveillance research. International Gambling Studies, 9(1), 19-38. doi:10.1080/14459790802652209
12. Ferris, J., & Wynne, H. (2001). The Canadian problem gambling index. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse.
13. Gainsbury, S. M., Russell, A., Hing, N., Wood, R., Lubman, D. I., & Blaszczynski, A. (2014). The prevalence and determinants of problem gambling in Australia: Assessing the impact of interactive gambling and new technologies. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(3), 769-779. doi:10.1037/a0036207
14. Galani, C., & Schneider, H. (2007). Prevention and treatment of obesity with lifestyle interventions: Review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Public Health, 52(6), 348-359. doi:10.1007/s00038-007-7015-8
15. Gmel, G., Klingemann, S., Müller, R., & Brenner, D. (2001). Revising the preventive paradox: The Swiss case. Addiction, 96(2), 273-284. doi:10.1046/j.1360-0443.2001.96227311.x
16. Griffiths, M. (1996). Pathological gambling and treatment. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 35(3), 477-479. doi:10.1111/ j.2044-8260.1996.tb01201.x
17. Griffiths, M. D. (2006). A case study of binge problem gambling. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 4(4), 369-376. doi:10.1007/s11469-006-9035-7
18. Griffiths, M., & Delfabbro, P. (2001). The biopsychosocial approach to gambling: Contextual factors in research and clinical interventions. Journal of Gambling Issues, 5, 1-33. doi:10.4309/jgi.2001.5.1
19. Griffiths, M. D., & Whitty, M. W. (2010). Online behavioural tracking in Internet gambling research: Ethical and methodological issues. International Journal of Internet Research Ethics, 3(12), 104-117.
20. Korn, D., Gibbins, R., & Azmier, J. (2003). Framing public policy towards a public health paradigm for gambling. Journal of Gambling Studies, 19(2), 235-256. doi:10.1023/ A:1023685416816
21. Lorains, F. K., Cowlishaw, S., & Thomas, S. A. (2011). Prevalence of comorbid disorders in problem and pathological gambling: Systematic review and meta-analysis of population surveys. Addiction, 106(3), 490-498. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010. 03300.x
22. Marshall, D. (2009). Gambling as a public health issue: The critical role of the local environment. Journal of Gambling Issues, 23, 66-80. doi:10.4309/jgi.2009.23.4
23. Meyer, G., Hayer, T., & Griffiths, M. D. (Eds.). (2009). Problem gambling in Europe: Challenges, prevention, and interventions. New York, NY: Springer.
24. Milosevic, A., & Ledgerwood, D. M. (2010). The subtyping of pathological gambling: A comprehensive review. Clinical Psychology Review, 30(8), 988-998. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2010.06.013
25. Molinaro, S., Canale, N., Vieno, A., Lenzi, M., Siciliano, V., Gori, M., & Santinello, M. (2014). Country-and individual-level determinants of probable problematic gambling in adolescence: A multi-level cross-national comparison. Addiction, 109(12), 2089-2097. doi:10.1111/add.12719
26. Morton, S., Bandara, D. K., Robinson, E. M., & Carr, P. E. A. (2012). In the 21st century, what is an acceptable response rate? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36(2), 106-108. doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00854.x
27. Nower, L., Martins, S. S., Lin, K. H., & Blanco, C. (2013). Subtypes of disordered gamblers: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Addiction, 108(4), 789-798. doi:10.1111/add.12012
28. Petry, N. M., Blanco, C., Jin, C., & Grant, B. F. (2014). Concordance between gambling disorder diagnoses in the DSM-IV and DSM-5: Results from the National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Disorders. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(2), 586-591. doi:10.1037/a0034661
29. Raisamo, S. U., Mäkelä, P., Salonen, A. H., & Lintonen, T. P. (2014). The extent and distribution of gambling harm in Finland as assessed by the Problem Gambling Severity Index. European Journal of Public Health, 25(4), 716-722. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku210
30. Reith, G. (2012). Beyond addiction or compulsion: The continuing role of environment in the case of pathological gambling. Addiction, 107(10), 1736-1737. doi:10.1111/ j.1360-0443.2012.03669.x
31. Rodgers, B., Caldwell, T., & Butterworth, P. (2009). Measuring gambling participation. Addiction, 104(7), 1065-1069. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02412.x
32. Rose, G. (1981). Strategy of prevention: Lessons from cardiovascular disease. British Medical Journal, 282, 1847-1851. doi:10.1136/bmj.282.6279.1847
33. Rossow, I., & Romelsjö, A. (2006). The extent of the 'prevention paradox' in alcohol problems as a function of population drinking patterns. Addiction, 101(1), 84-90. doi:10.1111/ j.1360-0443.2005.01294.x
34. Skog, O. J. (2006). Alcohol and the so-called prevention paradox: How does it look today? Addiction, 101(2), 155-158. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01319.x
35. Slutske, W. S., Eisen, S. A., True, W. R., Lyons, M. J., Goldberg, J., & Tsuang, M. T. (2000). Common genetic vulnerability for pathological gambling and alcohol dependence in men. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 666-673. doi:10.1001/ archpsyc.57.7.666
36. Slutske, W. S., Eisen, S. A., Xian, H., True, W. R., Lyons, M. J., Goldberg, J., & Tsuang, M. (2001). A twin study of the association between pathological gambling and antisocial personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110, 297-308. doi:10.1037/0021-843X.110.2.297
37. Slutske, W. S., Jackson, K. M., & Sher, K. J. (2003). The natural history of problem gambling from age 18 to 29. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112(2), 263-274. doi:10.1037/0021-843X.112.2.263
38. Sproston, K., Erens, B., & Orford, J. (2000). Gambling behaviour in Britain: Results from the British Gambling Prevalence Survey. London, United Kingdom: National Centre for Social Research.
39. Svetieva, E., & Walker, M. (2008). Inconsistency between concept and measurement: The Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI). Journal of Gambling Issues, 22, 157-173. doi:10.4309/jgi.2008.22.2
40. Toce-Gerstein, M., Gerstein, D. R., & Volberg, R. A. (2003). A hierarchy of gambling disorders in the community. Addiction, 98(12), 1661-1672. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2003. 00545.x
41. Wardle, H. (2015). Gambling behaviour in Britain. New York, NY: Routledge.
42. Wardle, H., Moody, A., Griffiths, M., Orford, J., & Volberg, R. (2011a). Defining the online gambler and patterns of behaviour integration: Evidence from the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010. International Gambling Studies, 11(3), 339-356. doi:10.1080/14459795.2011.628684
43. Wardle, H., Moody, A., Spence, S., Orford, J., Volberg, R., Jotangia, D., Griffiths, M., Hussey, D., & Dobbie, F. (2011b). British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010. London, United Kingdom: The Stationery Office.
44. Wood, R. T., & Williams, R. J. (2007). 'How much money do you spend on gambling?' The comparative validity of question wordings used to assess gambling expenditure. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 10(1), 63-77. doi:10.1080/13645570701211209