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Griffiths, M.D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524, Wardle, J., Orford, J., Sproston, K. and Erens, B.,
2009.
Socio-demographic correlates of internet gambling: findings from the 2007 British Gambling Prevalence Survey.
CyberPsychology & Behavior, 12 (2), pp. 199-202.
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Abstract
This study provides the first analysis ever made of a representative national sample of Internet gamblers. Using participant data from the 2007 British Gambling Prevalence Survey (n = 9,003 adults aged 16 years and over), all participants who had gambled online, bet online, and/or used a betting exchange in the last 12 months (n = 476) were compared with all other gamblers who had not gambled via the Internet. Overall, results showed a number of significant sociodemographic differences between Internet gamblers and non-Internet gamblers. When compared to non-Internet gamblers, Internet gamblers were more likely to be male, relatively young adults, single, well educated, and in professional/managerial employment. Further analysis of DSM-IV scores showed that the problem gambling prevalence rate was significantly higher among Internet gamblers than among non-Internet gamblers. Results suggest that the medium of the Internet may be more likely to contribute to problem gambling than gambling in offline environments.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Publication Title: | CyberPsychology & Behavior | ||||
| Creators: | Griffiths, M.D., Wardle, J., Orford, J., Sproston, K. and Erens, B. | ||||
| Date: | 2009 | ||||
| Volume: | 12 | ||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||
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| Rights: | This is a copy of an article published in the CyberPsychology and Behavior © 2009 copyright Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. CyberPsychology and Behavior is available online at: http://www.liebertonline.com. |
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||
| Record created by: | EPrints Services | ||||
| Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 09:58 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2017 13:15 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5764 |
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