Making Change: Attempts to Reduce or Stop Gambling in a General Population Sample of People Who Gamble.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined past year attempts to reduce or quit gambling among people who gamble generally and those with gambling problems specifically.

Methods

Regular gamblers recruited from an online panel (N = 10,054) completed a survey of gambling, mental health and substance use comorbidity and attempts to reduce or quit gambling. The sample was weighted to match the gambling and demographic profile for the same subsample (i.e., past month gamblers) in a recent Canadian national survey.

Results

5.7% reported that they tried to cutback or stop gambling in the past year. As predicted, individuals making a change attempt had greater levels of problem gambling severity and were more likely to have a gambling problem. Of individuals with problem gambling,

SUBMITTER: Hodgins DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9428338 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature