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GREO staff have produced a mapping review study published this month in Harm Reduction Journal. The article,  " A mapping review of research on gambling harm in three regulatory environments ", looks at gambling research patterns in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It maps gambling research trends from 2008 to 2017, using the Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling as a guide.
The authors, staff from GREO's Knowledge Management team (David Baxter, Margo Hilbrect,...
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Passion can refer to an activity that people find meaningful and enjoy doing. Needs frustration occurs when obstacles prevent people from meeting their basic needs, such as the needs to feel competent and be connected to others. When people experience needs frustration, they may rely on their passion to help them meet their basic needs. In this study, the researchers explored passion for gaming, needs frustration, and time spent gaming. University students first completed an online...
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This article reviewed studies examining the association between probability discounting and gambling. It also evaluated the effect sizes obtained from the studies. Effect size is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two factors (here, probability discounting and gambling). The findings suggest that people with more severe gambling problems have shallower probability discounting. That is, people with more severe gambling problems are more likely to favour rewards...
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This study explored the impact of trait impulsivity and compulsivity on treatment outcomes of gambling disorder (GD). Participants were 144 male adult patients. Those with higher trait impulsivity and poorer cognitive flexibility had poorer treatment outcomes. Cognitive flexibility is the ability to adapt and learn from past mistakes and has been linked to compulsivity. These participants were less likely to comply with therapy tasks and more likely to relapse during treatment....
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This study examined gambling disorder among patients at an urban HIV clinic. The findings showed that the rate of gambling disorder was high among people living with HIV. Of the 100 patients in the study, 13 met the criteria for gambling disorder according to the DSM-5. Patients who had gambling disorder were more likely to report alcohol use, marijuana use, and heroine use than patients without gambling disorder. Patients with gambling disorder were also more impulsive. The Brief...
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