Online Gambling's Associations With Gambling Disorder and Related Problems in a Representative Sample of Young Swiss Men.

ABSTRACT: Background and Aims: Internet gambling has recently grown in popularity, but relatively little is known about how online and the combination of online and offline (mixed) gambling are associated with gambling disorder (GD) and related problems. The present research examined in a cohort study sample of young Swiss men how their gambling activities and gambling-related problems differed across the spectrum from offline to online gambling. Sample: A general-population based sample from the Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors (C-SURF), consisting of 5,352 young Swiss men (mean age 28.26 years old). Measures: The spectrum from exclusively offline to almost exclusively online (>90% of gambling money spent online) gambling was measured using one question about the prop

SUBMITTER: Marmet S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8335561 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature