Tools
Tools
Auer, M., Hopfgartner, N. and Griffiths, M.D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524,
2018.
The effect of loss-limit reminders on gambling behavior: a real-world study of Norwegian gamblers.
Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 7 (4), pp. 1056-1067.
ISSN 2062-5871
|
Text
12701_Griffiths.pdf - Published version Download (172kB) | Preview |
Abstract
Background: Over the past two decades, problem gambling has become a public health issue and research from many countries indicates that a small but significant minority of individuals are problem gamblers. In Norway, the prevalence of problem gambling among adults is estimated to be just less than 1%. To help minimize the harm from gambling, the Norwegian government’s gambling operator (Norsk Tipping) has introduced several responsible gambling initiatives to help protect players from developing gambling problems (e.g., limit-setting tools, voluntary self-exclusion, personalized feedback, etc.).
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine whether the receiving of personalized feedback exceeding 80% of a personally set monetary personal limit had an effect on subsequent playing behavior compared to those gamblers who did not receive personalized feedback.
Methods: Out of 54,002 players, a total of 7,884 players (14.5%) received at least one piece of feedback that they had exceeded 80% of their personal global monthly loss limit between January and March 2017.
Results: Using a matched-pairs design, results showed that those gamblers receiving personalized feedback in relation to limit-setting showed significant reductions in the amount of money gambled.
Conclusion: The findings of this study will be of great value to many stakeholder groups including researchers in the gambling studies field, the gambling industry, regulators, and policymakers.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publication Title: | Journal of Behavioral Addictions | ||||
| Creators: | Auer, M., Hopfgartner, N. and Griffiths, M.D. | ||||
| Publisher: | Akadémiai Kiadó | ||||
| Date: | 12 November 2018 | ||||
| Volume: | 7 | ||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||
| ISSN: | 2062-5871 | ||||
| Identifiers: |
|
||||
| Rights: | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||
| Date Added: | 26 Nov 2018 15:51 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2019 12:37 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/35133 |
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit View |
Views
Views per month over past year
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
