Defining, Measuring and Monitoring Gambling-Related Harms

• Methodological factors affecting estimates of the prevalence of gambling harm in the United Kingdom: A multi-survey study (GambleAware research report, 2021) 
• Recent developments in the measurement of gambling harm (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2021)
• The history of gambling harm as a public health issue (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2021)
• Problem gambling led to substantial costs in Sweden in 2018 (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• An indirect elicitation approach to assess the impact of gambling on health and wellbeing (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020)
• The importance of using scaled responses when asking about gambling harms (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Distinguishing genuine gambling harms from substitution effects (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020)
• Harms measurement: How do we measure population harm? (Greo White Paper, 2019)
• Challenges in measuring gambling-related harm (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2019)
• A discussion of how the Reno model complements a public health model for responsible gambling and harm reduction (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Adopting a public health perspective towards gambling and gambling related harms (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020, seminal article published 1999)

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

• An international review of the prevalence of gambling and homelessness (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2021)
• Problem gambling as a cause of energy poverty among Australian households (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• Many women who visit homeless shelters and drop-in services have experienced problem gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• How common are gambling problems among people in poverty? (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020)
• Debt stress partly links problem gambling and mental health problems (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• People with problem gambling may frantically withdraw money so they can keep gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Exploring gambling patterns that may contribute to failure to pay back loans (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Do people spend more on luck-based gambling during recessions? (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Online casino gambling and live sports betting are associated with problem gambling and being over-indebted (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Problem gambling among homeless clinic attenders in Australia (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Is gambling screening feasible in consumer credit counselling? (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• The relationship between gambling and homelessness (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2019)
• A brief review of consumer credit use and gambling-related debts (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2019)
• Gamblers’ financial management and debt experiences (Greo Research Snapshot, 2014)
• The relationship between gambling and credit use in the UK (Greo Research Snapshot, 2012)

See more Evidence Centre resources on Money and Debt.

• UK Royal Air Force personnel may be at higher risk of problem gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2022)
• Assessing gambling disorder among veterans in the United States (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• A review of gambling problems among active duty military personnel (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020)
• How does gambling behaviour affect work and nonwork roles? (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Firefighters may be at higher risk of gambling problems (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Certain occupational groups are at higher risk of problem gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Socioeconomic status and location of electronic gaming machines in Finland (Greo Research Report, 2019)

• Does problem gambling drive involvement in criminal behaviour? (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• Factors that drive lottery-related crimes in the United States (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• The roles of problem gambling and social disadvantages in crime (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• Problem and pathological gambling rates are high among prison populations (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020)
• Does craving for gambling predict criminal offense type? (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• A system for classifying crimes related to gambling (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2018)
• Gambling and problem gambling in criminal offenders (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2005)

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

• Gambling problems are linked to lower wellbeing in the family and friends of those who gamble (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• How gambling can harm different types of affected others: A Finnish population survey (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• Comparing the consequences experienced by partners and other close family members of people with a gambling problem (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• The lived experiences and intervention needs of women who experience harms from others’ gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• Family gambling problems negatively affect Australians' physical and mental health (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Is problem gambling passed from parent to child? (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• How problem gambling impacts the partners and families of gamblers (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• The experiences of people whose partners do not seek help for problem gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• How pathological gambling affects each partner in a romantic relationship (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Loved ones’ coping strategies that influence their partners’ problem gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Factors associated with problem gambling and family violence (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Emotional regulation and coping strategies affect the mental health of family members of people with gambling disorder (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• What partners of individuals with gambling problems say about their relationship, family life, and parenting (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Review of how problem gambling affects partners, family, and friends (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2018)
• The impacts of problem gambling on family members (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2006)

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

• Investigating the relationship between physical and mental health and gambling in England and Scotland (Greo Report Snapshot, 2021)
• Different ways of coping with shame affect the link between depression and gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• A review of the link between gambling and self-harm (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020)
• The relationship between stress and gambling (Greo Knowledge Snapshot, 2020)
• Gambling harm among adults with health and social care needs (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Gambling disorder and other mental health problems in individuals in casino exclusion programs (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Temporal sequencing of problem gambling and other mental health conditions among Swedish men and women (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Did changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5 gambling disorder criteria result in different rates of co-occurring mental health disorders? (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Emotion regulation links problem gambling to depression in emerging adult gamblers (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• A review of the association between problem gambling and ADHD (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Emotion regulation in gambling disorder (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Gambling is associated with lower health-related quality of life (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)

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

• Disproportionate burdens of gambling harms amongst minority communities (GambleAware research report, 2020)
• Gambling among adults from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities: a secondary data analysis of the Gambling Treatment and Support study (GambleAware research report, 2020)
• Gambling, social class, and social mobility (Greo Research Snapshot, 2019)
• Neighbourhood disorder can increase the risk of problem gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2018)

• The effects of gender and gambling preference on suicidal behaviour and responses to CBT treatment (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• Gambling and suicidal behaviours among Black and White youth in the USA (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• A cross-cultural study examining psychological distress in excessive gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• Gambling disorder may increase the risk of suicide in patients with depression (Greo Research Snapshot, 2021)
• Report summary - Problem gambling, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and non-suicidal self-harm (Greo Report Snapshot, 2020)
• Co-occurring substance use and gambling disorders increase the risk of suicide (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Exploring the relationship between problem gambling and suicidal behaviour among the general public in England (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• People who feel secure in their relationships are less likely to have suicidal ideation and problem gambling (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Inability to stop gambling linked to suicidal thoughts in men who use drugs and alcohol (Greo Research Snapshot, 2020)
• Problem gambling, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and non-suicidal self-harm (Greo Report Snapshot, 2019)
• Poor emotional control and impulsive personality traits increase the risk of suicidal thoughts in gambling disorder patients (Greo Research Snapshot, 2018)
• Relationships between personality disorders, suicidal behaviours, and problem gambling severity (Greo Research Snapshot, 2018)

See more Evidence Centre resources on gambling-related Suicide.