Problem and non-problem gamblers: a cross-sectional clustering study by gambling characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Gambling characteristics are factors that could influence problem gambling development. The aim of this study was to identify a typology of gamblers to frame risky behaviour based on gambling characteristics (age of initiation/of problem gambling, type of gambling: pure chance/chance with pseudoskills/chance with elements of skill, gambling online/offline, amount wagered monthly) and to investigate clinical factors associated with these different profiles in a large representative sample of gamblers.

Design and setting

The study is a cross-sectional analysis to the baseline data of the french JEU cohort study (study protocol : Challet-Bouju et al, 2014). Recruitment (April 2009 to September 2011) involved clinicians and researchers from seven institutions t

SUBMITTER: Guillou Landreat M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044887 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature