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Changes in Gambling Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Web Survey Study in Sweden

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed everyday life, and policy makers have raised concerns about possible changes in gambling patterns during the pandemic.
A. Håkansson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Online Gambling in the Midst of COVID-19: A Nexus of Mental Health Concerns, Substance Use and Financial Stress

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2020
This study examined the emerging impact of COVID-19 on gambling during the first 6 weeks of emergency measures in Ontario, Canada. A cross-sectional online survey of 2005 gamblers, including a sub-sample of 1081 online gamblers (age 18 years and older ...
A. Price
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Problem gambling worldwide: An update and systematic review of empirical research (2000–2015)

open access: yesJournal of Behavioral Addictions, 2016
Background and aims Problem gambling has been identified as an emergent public health issue, and there is a need to identify gambling trends and to regularly update worldwide gambling prevalence rates.
Filipa Calado, M. Griffiths
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Loot Boxes, Gambling, and Problem Gambling Among Young People: Results from a Cross-Sectional Online Survey

open access: yesCyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2020
With the introduction of gambling-like features within video games (e.g., loot boxes) new forms of hybrid-gambling products have emerged, yet little is known about their relationship to gambling and problem gambling among those most likely to engage ...
H. Wardle, D. Zendle
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A pilot study of problem gambling among student online gamblers: mood states as predictors of problematic behaviour [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Within the last decade, interest in online gambling has increased. This pilot study examined online gambling among students to identify the extent to which student Internet gamblers manifest a propensity for problem gambling and to understand if mood ...
Farnsworth, WF   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sweden's gamble

open access: yesScience, 2020
The country's pandemic policies came at a high price—and created painful rifts in its scientific community.
openaire   +2 more sources

Investigating Flow State and Cardiac Pre-ejection Period During Electronic Gaming Machine Use

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Flow activities (e.g. sports and gaming) have been associated with positive affect and prolonged engagement. In the gambling field, modern electronic gaming machines (EGMs, including modern slot machines) have drawn concern as a potentially flow-inducing
W. Spencer Murch   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adolescent Gambling-Oriented Attitudes Mediate the Relationship Between Perceived Parental Knowledge and Adolescent Gambling: Implications for Prevention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Although substantial research has provided support for the association between parental practices and adolescent gambling, less is known about the role of adolescent attitudes in this relationship.
Canale, Natale   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Adolescents and loot boxes: links with problem gambling and motivations for purchase

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2019
Loot boxes are items in video games that can be paid for with real-world money but contain randomized contents. Many games that feature loot boxes are played by adolescents.
D. Zendle, Rachel Meyer, Harriet Over
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Problem gambling severity in a nationally representative sample of the Israeli population: the moderating role of ethnonational affiliation

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionGambling is a public health concern. Problem gambling is related to a range of psycho-social risk factors including ethnonational affiliation. Israel is an insightful case to probe problem gambling, given the socio-economic marginalization of
Belle Gavriel-Fried   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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