Titill: | Economic Recession Affects Gambling Participation But Not Problematic Gambling: Results from a Population-Based Follow-up Study |
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Útgáfa: | 2017-07-25 |
Tungumál: | Enska |
Umfang: | 1247 |
Háskóli/Stofnun: | Háskóli Íslands University of Iceland |
Svið: | Heilbrigðisvísindasvið (HÍ) School of Health Sciences (UI) |
Deild: | Sálfræðideild (HÍ) Faculty of Psychology (UI) |
Birtist í: | Frontiers in Psychology;8 |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01247 |
Efnisorð: | Gambling; Problem gambling; Prevalence; Economic recession; Longitudinal study; Fjárhættuspil; Spilafíkn; Efnahagskreppur; Bankahrunið 2008; Rannsóknir |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/356 |
Tilvitnun:Olason DT, Hayer T, Meyer G and Brosowski T (2017) Economic Recession Affects Gambling Participation But Not Problematic Gambling: Results from a Population-Based Follow-up Study. Front. Psychol. 8:1247. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01247
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Útdráttur:In October 2008, Iceland experienced the fastest and deepest financial crisis recorded
in modern times when all three major banks went bankrupt in less than 2 weeks. The
purpose of this follow-up study is to examine potential changes in participation in 12
different gambling types and in problem gambling before (time 1; year 2007) and after
(time 2; year 2011) the economic collapse in 2008. The time between the first and
second wave of data collection was 3.5 years. In total, 1,531 participants took part in
the study, 688 males and 843 females. There was a considerable increase in past year
gambling behavior from 2007 to 2011, mostly due to increased participation in lotto
(National lotto and Viking lotto) but also in bingo, monthly lotteries (class lotteries with
at least monthly draw) and scratch tickets. Only EGMs (electronic gaming machines)
participation declined significantly between the two timepoints. Examining past year
problematic gambling figures revealed that there were no changes in the prevalence
figures between the year 2007 (1.2%) and 2011 (1.1%). Further examination revealed
that those who reported financial difficulties due to the recession were more likely to
buy lotto- or scratch tickets during the recession than those who were not financially
affected by the crisis. These findings remained after controlling for background variables
and baseline gambling activity (gambling in 2007). Overall, the findings of the follow-up
study suggest that when people are experiencing financial difficulties during economic
recessions, the possibility to improve their financial situation by winning large jackpots
with low initial stakes becomes more enticing.
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