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Gambling and Gambling-Related Harm: A Global Public Health Challenge

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (3 April 2023) | Viewed by 3999

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Dr. Kwok-Kit Tong

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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
Interests: gambling disorder; health behaviors and promotion; psychological well-being

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With the increased accessibility and availability of online casino sites and game content containing gambling-like elements, in recent years, gambling disorder has posed a public health risk [1]. Nevertheless, research regarding gambling-related harm may fall short of the need to establish evidence-based interventions [2], partially related to the different conceptualizations and measurements of gambling-related harm [3-4]. Moreover, gambling-related harm is often confined to the harm caused to gamblers who meet the diagnostic criteria of gambling disorder [5]. Different societies have their own policies (or no policies) that are used to regulate gambling activities so as to limit gambling-related harm. Innovative and rigorous designs and evaluations of these interventions will be helpful in the promotion of better policy development and implementation.

We welcome theoretical and empirical studies that discuss or evaluate current and potential practices relating to gambling harm reduction for individual gamblers and the community as a whole. 

  1. Abbott, M.W. Gambling and gambling-related harm: recent World Health Organization initiatives. Public Heal. 2020, 184, 56–59, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.04.001.
  2. McMahon, N.; Thomson, K.; Kaner, E.; Bambra, C. Effects of prevention and harm reduction interventions on gambling behaviours and gambling related harm: An umbrella review. Addict. Behav. 2018, 90, 380–388, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.11.048.
  3. Delfabbro, P.; King, D.L. Challenges in the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Gambling-Related Harm. J. Gambl. Stud. 2019, 35, 743–755, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-019-09844-1.
  4. Langham, E.; Thorne, H.; Browne, M.; Donaldson, P.; Rose, J.; Rockloff, M. Understanding gambling related harm: a proposed definition, conceptual framework, and taxonomy of harms. BMC Public Heal. 2015, 16, 1–23, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2747-0.
  5. Browne, M.; Greer, N.; Rawat, V.; Rockloff, M. A population-level metric for gambling-related harm. Int. Gambl. Stud. 2017, 17, 163–175, https://doi.org/10.1080/14459795.2017.1304973. 

Dr. Kwok-Kit Tong
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • gambling-related harm
  • gambling behaviors
  • measurement of gambling-related harm
  • disordered gambling
  • online gambling
  • intervention
  • physical health
  • psychosocial health
  • well-being
  • regulation

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Prevalence and Possible Predictors of Gambling Disorder in a Sample of Students in the Healthcare Professions
by Francesca Scandroglio, Giulia Ferrazzi, Alessia Giacobazzi, Vera Vinci, Mattia Marchi, Gian Maria Galeazzi, Alessandro Musetti and Luca Pingani
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 452; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010452 - 27 Dec 2022
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The Italian version of the South Oaks Gambling Screen questionnaire (SOGS) and a socio-demographic questionnaire were administered to a sample of 275 healthcare professions students aged 19 to 58 years (mean age = 22.17; females = 81.1%) to address the research objectives: to [...] Read more.
The Italian version of the South Oaks Gambling Screen questionnaire (SOGS) and a socio-demographic questionnaire were administered to a sample of 275 healthcare professions students aged 19 to 58 years (mean age = 22.17; females = 81.1%) to address the research objectives: to examine the prevalence and correlates of problem gambling in a population of university healthcare professions students in Italy. Among the sample, 8.7% (n = 24) of participants showed problem gambling and 1.5% (n = 4) pathologic gambling. Lottery and scratch cards were the most frequent type of gambling in the sample, followed by cards and bingo. Compared to females, males tend to be more involved in problem gambling and pathological gambling. Males tend to be more involved than females in different types of gambling (such as cards, sports bets, gambling at the casino). Pathological gambling is positively associated with gender, being students lagging behind the regular schedule of exams and parents’ level of education. These findings have important implications in terms of prevention and intervention on gambling and pathological gambling. Universities should make available educational programs and counselling services to address this issue. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gambling and Gambling-Related Harm: A Global Public Health Challenge)
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The Application of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Model to Gambling Urge and Involvement
by Hui Zhou, Eva P. W. Hung, Li Xie, Zhen Yuan and Anise M. S. Wu
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(22), 14738; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214738 - 9 Nov 2022
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Background: Drawing on the intolerance of uncertainty model, this study aimed to examine whether intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation difficulties (in terms of impulse control difficulties and limited access to emotion regulation strategies) contributed to individual differences in gambling urge and involvement. [...] Read more.
Background: Drawing on the intolerance of uncertainty model, this study aimed to examine whether intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation difficulties (in terms of impulse control difficulties and limited access to emotion regulation strategies) contributed to individual differences in gambling urge and involvement. Methods: Convenience sampling was used to recruit Chinese adult participants who had engaged in buying lottery tickets and other gambling activities in the past year. They were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire survey, and a total of 580 valid cases (Mage = 34.07, SD = 13.36; 50.4% female) were collected for data analysis. Results: Path analysis showed that the total effect of intolerance of uncertainty on gambling urge and involvement was significant and positive. However, only impulse control difficulties and not limited access to emotion regulation strategies fully mediated the effect of intolerance of uncertainty. Conclusions: As the first study to apply the intolerance of uncertainty model to real-life gambling, it found that individuals’ intolerance of uncertainty and impulse control difficulties contributed to more gambling urge and involvement. Improving emotion regulation skill (e.g., impulse control training) may, therefore, be considered in programs for promoting responsible gambling among Chinese gamblers. Full article
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