Perceived impact of gambling advertising can predict gambling severity among patients with gambling disorder

Lopez-Gonzalez, H, Granero, R, Fernández-Aranda, F, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Jiménez-Murcia, S, 2024. Perceived impact of gambling advertising can predict gambling severity among patients with gambling disorder. Journal of Gambling Studies, 40 (4), pp. 1787-1803. ISSN 1050-5350

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Abstract

There is growing evidence that gambling advertising disproportionately affects those experiencing more severe gambling harm. Such association has been studied by recruiting gamblers using online panels, by analysing registered users’ data from gambling websites, and through surveys and focus group interviews. However, it is thought that these methods tend to overestimate gambling severity. The present study employed a sample of gamblers with a verified gambling disorder diagnosis (N = 210, 7.1% females, Mage = 39.4 years) recruited for a period of under two years at a large public hospital. It examined the relationship between self-reported impact of gambling advertising, gambling preference (strategic versus non-strategic) and gambling modality (online versus in-person). The results indicated that higher perceived impact of gambling advertising predicted higher gambling severity, which supports previous findings obtained from non-clinical settings. However, contrary to what was expected, strategic gambling and online gambling were not associated with higher perceived impact of gambling advertising, even though these groups are believed to be exposed to more gambling marketing and advertising from gambling operators. The study aligns well with available scientific evidence proposing further restrictions on gambling advertising regulation due to their disproportionate impact on those already experiencing gambling harm.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Gambling Studies
Creators:	Lopez-Gonzalez, H., Granero, R., Fernández-Aranda, F., Griffiths, M.D. and Jiménez-Murcia, S.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	December 2024
Volume:	40
Number:	4
ISSN:	1050-5350
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s10899-024-10342-2 DOI 2184559 Other
Rights:	© the author(s) 2024. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	01 Aug 2024 15:37
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2024 09:07
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51866

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