Defining, Measuring and Monitoring Gambling-Related Harms

• Harms measurement: How do we measure population harm? (GREO White Paper)

• The costs and benefits of gambling from the perspectives of gamblers and people close to them (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Challenges in measuring gambling-related harm (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)

• Non-problem gambling may have positive effects on wellbeing (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Do parents and spouses know how much money people with problem gambling lose to gambling? (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Buying any kind of loot box in video games is linked to gambling problems (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Limited research on social cognition in gambling disorder (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Does the near-miss effect in slot machines actually exist? (GREO Research Snapshot)

• “Light” and “dark” routes to enjoyment in slot machine gambling (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Compulsive sexual behaviours in gambling disorder (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Gambling should be considered a public health issue in Wales, United Kingdom (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Are there differences in life events across addiction types? (GREO Research Snapshot)

• A discussion of how the Reno model complements a public health model for responsible gambling and harm reduction (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Adopting a public health perspective towards gambling and gambling related harms (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)

• How gambling spending varies among regular sports and race bettors (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Exploring the relationship between problem gambling and psychotic experiences using survey data from the United Kingdom (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Exploring the relationship between impulsivity and gambling disorder (GREO Research Snapshot)

See more Evidence Centre resources on Understanding and Measuring Gambling Harm.

• Is gambling screening feasible in consumer credit counselling? (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Gamblers’ financial management and debt experiences (GREO Research Snapshot)

• The relationship between gambling and credit use in the UK (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Kentucky counties that are closer to horse tracks had more residents who filed for bankruptcy between 1989 and 2001 (GREO Research Snapshot)

• A brief review of consumer credit use and gambling-related debts (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)

• The relationship between gambling and homelessness (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)

See more Evidence Centre resources on Money and Debt.

• Socioeconomic status and location of electronic gaming machines in Finland (GREO Research Report)

• Problem and pathological gambling rates are high among prison populations (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)
• A system for classifying crimes related to gambling (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)

• Does craving for gambling predict criminal offense type? (GREO Research Snapshot)

See more Evidence Centre resources on gambling-related Crime and Deviance.

• Factors associated with problem gambling and family violence (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Emotional regulation and coping strategies affect the mental health of family members of people with gambling disorder (GREO Research Snapshot)

• The impacts of problem gambling on family members (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)

• What partners of individuals with gambling problems say about their relationship, family life, and parenting (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Review of how problem gambling affects partners, family, and friends (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)

See more Evidence Centre resources on the Family Impacts of gambling.

• Gambling disorder and other mental health problems in individuals in casino exclusion programs (GREO Research Snapshot)
• Temporal sequencing of problem gambling and other mental health conditions among Swedish men and women (GREO Research Snapshot)
• Did changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5 gambling disorder criteria result in different rates of co-occurring mental health disorders? (GREO Research Snapshot)
• Are behavioural addictions linked with bipolar disorders? (GREO Knowledge Snapshot)
• Cultural and social views may affect a person’s likelihood of developing alcohol use and gambling problems (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Emotion regulation links problem gambling to depression in emerging adult gamblers (GREO Research Snapshot)

• A review of the association between problem gambling and ADHD (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Emotion regulation in gambling disorder (GREO Research Snapshot)

• How to reduce stigma in problem gambling? (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Exploration of interventions to reduce gambling related stigma (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Gambling is associated with lower health-related quality of life (GREO Research Snapshot)
• Gambling as a leisure activity and its relation to satisfaction of psychological needs (GREO Research Snapshot)

 See more Evidence Centre resources on gambling and comorbid Mental Health Harms.

• Gambling, social class, and social mobility (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Neighbourhood disorder can increase the risk of problem gambling (GREO Research Snapshot)

• Poor emotional control and impulsive personality traits increase the risk of suicidal thoughts in gambling disorder patients (GREO Research Snapshot)
• Relationships between personality disorders, suicidal behaviours, and problem gambling severity (GREO Research Snapshot)

See more Evidence Centre resources on gambling-related Suicide.