Breaking Bad Comparing Gambling Harms Among Gambl

Authors: En Li Matthew Browne Vijay Rawat Erika Langham Matthew Rockloff

Publish Date: 2016/07/21

Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 223-248

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Abstract

This article examines gambling harms from both gamblers and affected others’ perspectives Participants 3076 gamblers and 2129 affected others completed a retrospective survey that elicited information on harms they experienced from gambling across their lifetime Their responses were analyzed through testing measurement invariance estimating itemresponse theoretic parameters calculating percentages confidence intervals and correlations as well as regressions The results indicated large commonalities in the experience of harms reported by gamblers and affected others Further gamblers appeared to ‘export’ about half of the harms they experienced to those around them The findings also provided detailed profiles of evolving harms as problem gambling severity variesEn Li has received research grants from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation and Gambling Research Australia Matthew Browne has received grants from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation the New Zealand Ministry of Health and Gambling Research Australia Erika Langham has received grants from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation the New Zealand Ministry of Health and Gambling Research Australia Matthew Rockloff has received grants from the Queensland Treasury the Victorian Treasury the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation the New Zealand Ministry of Health and Gambling Research Australia Vijay Rawat declares no conflicts of interest

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