No Cover Image

Journal article 363 views 39 downloads

Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel

Matthew Jones, Hannah Champion, Glen Dighton Orcid Logo, J Larcombe, M Fossey Orcid Logo, Simon Dymond Orcid Logo

BMJ Military Health, Start page: e002726

Swansea University Authors: Matthew Jones, Hannah Champion, Glen Dighton Orcid Logo, Simon Dymond Orcid Logo

  • 66528.VoR.pdf

    PDF | Version of Record

    This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

    Download (338.3KB)

Check full text

DOI (Published version): 10.1136/military-2024-002726

Abstract

Introduction Harmful gambling negatively impacts individuals, families and communities. Growing international evidence indicates that the Armed Forces (AF) community may be at a comparatively higher risk of experiencing harm from gambling than the general population. The current study sought to iden...

Full description

Published in: BMJ Military Health
ISSN: 2633-3767 2633-3775
Published: BMJ 2024
Online Access: Check full text

URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66528
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
first_indexed 2024-05-29T16:01:34Z
last_indexed 2024-05-29T16:01:34Z
id cronfa66528
recordtype SURis
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rfc1807 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><bib-version>v2</bib-version><id>66528</id><entry>2024-05-29</entry><title>Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel</title><swanseaauthors><author><sid>e3595273bb063f8694ce43326f4bd298</sid><firstname>Matthew</firstname><surname>Jones</surname><name>Matthew Jones</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author><author><sid>d5f918e504d7447d934c989e05362108</sid><firstname>Hannah</firstname><surname>Champion</surname><name>Hannah Champion</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author><author><sid>2a413b069254b5edfb6509b4c3b41ad7</sid><ORCID>0000-0002-9283-5114</ORCID><firstname>Glen</firstname><surname>Dighton</surname><name>Glen Dighton</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author><author><sid>8ed0024546f2588fdb0073a7d6fbc075</sid><ORCID>0000-0003-1319-4492</ORCID><firstname>Simon</firstname><surname>Dymond</surname><name>Simon Dymond</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author></swanseaauthors><date>2024-05-29</date><deptcode>PSYS</deptcode><abstract>Introduction Harmful gambling negatively impacts individuals, families and communities. Growing international evidence indicates that the Armed Forces (AF) community may be at a comparatively higher risk of experiencing harm from gambling than the general population. The current study sought to identify general predictors of harmful gambling and gambling engagement among UK AF serving personnel (AFSP).Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, exploratory survey to identify associations between demographic factors, mental health, gambling engagement and gambling type in a sample (N=608) of AFSP.Results Most of the sample reported past-year gambling, with 23% having experienced harm. Male gender, younger age and lower educational attainment all predicted harmful gambling, as did mental health variables of prior generalised anxiety and post-traumatic stress symptomatology. Strategy-based gambling and online sports betting were also predictive of experiencing harm from gambling.Conclusions The risk of harm from gambling is associated with demographic, mental health and gambling engagement variables among AFSP. Better understanding of these predictors is important for the development of individualised treatment approaches for harmful gambling.</abstract><type>Journal Article</type><journal>BMJ Military Health</journal><volume>0</volume><journalNumber/><paginationStart>e002726</paginationStart><paginationEnd/><publisher>BMJ</publisher><placeOfPublication/><isbnPrint/><isbnElectronic/><issnPrint>2633-3767</issnPrint><issnElectronic>2633-3775</issnElectronic><keywords/><publishedDay>1</publishedDay><publishedMonth>7</publishedMonth><publishedYear>2024</publishedYear><publishedDate>2024-07-01</publishedDate><doi>10.1136/military-2024-002726</doi><url/><notes/><college>COLLEGE NANME</college><department>Psychology School</department><CollegeCode>COLLEGE CODE</CollegeCode><DepartmentCode>PSYS</DepartmentCode><institution>Swansea University</institution><apcterm>SU Library paid the OA fee (TA Institutional Deal)</apcterm><funders>Swansea University</funders><projectreference/><lastEdited>2024-11-06T13:06:13.5434979</lastEdited><Created>2024-05-29T17:00:26.8626716</Created><path><level id="1">Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences</level><level id="2">School of Psychology</level></path><authors><author><firstname>Matthew</firstname><surname>Jones</surname><order>1</order></author><author><firstname>Hannah</firstname><surname>Champion</surname><order>2</order></author><author><firstname>Glen</firstname><surname>Dighton</surname><orcid>0000-0002-9283-5114</orcid><order>3</order></author><author><firstname>J</firstname><surname>Larcombe</surname><order>4</order></author><author><firstname>M</firstname><surname>Fossey</surname><orcid>0000-0002-9725-7464</orcid><order>5</order></author><author><firstname>Simon</firstname><surname>Dymond</surname><orcid>0000-0003-1319-4492</orcid><order>6</order></author></authors><documents><document><filename>66528__31018__862cb6f7ec954a82828ee5d8b7f26576.pdf</filename><originalFilename>66528.VoR.pdf</originalFilename><uploaded>2024-08-01T11:15:19.2420605</uploaded><type>Output</type><contentLength>346415</contentLength><contentType>application/pdf</contentType><version>Version of Record</version><cronfaStatus>true</cronfaStatus><documentNotes>This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.</documentNotes><copyrightCorrect>true</copyrightCorrect><language>eng</language><licence>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</licence></document></documents><OutputDurs/></rfc1807>
spelling v2 66528 2024-05-29 Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel e3595273bb063f8694ce43326f4bd298 Matthew Jones Matthew Jones true false d5f918e504d7447d934c989e05362108 Hannah Champion Hannah Champion true false 2a413b069254b5edfb6509b4c3b41ad7 0000-0002-9283-5114 Glen Dighton Glen Dighton true false 8ed0024546f2588fdb0073a7d6fbc075 0000-0003-1319-4492 Simon Dymond Simon Dymond true false 2024-05-29 PSYS Introduction Harmful gambling negatively impacts individuals, families and communities. Growing international evidence indicates that the Armed Forces (AF) community may be at a comparatively higher risk of experiencing harm from gambling than the general population. The current study sought to identify general predictors of harmful gambling and gambling engagement among UK AF serving personnel (AFSP).Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, exploratory survey to identify associations between demographic factors, mental health, gambling engagement and gambling type in a sample (N=608) of AFSP.Results Most of the sample reported past-year gambling, with 23% having experienced harm. Male gender, younger age and lower educational attainment all predicted harmful gambling, as did mental health variables of prior generalised anxiety and post-traumatic stress symptomatology. Strategy-based gambling and online sports betting were also predictive of experiencing harm from gambling.Conclusions The risk of harm from gambling is associated with demographic, mental health and gambling engagement variables among AFSP. Better understanding of these predictors is important for the development of individualised treatment approaches for harmful gambling. Journal Article BMJ Military Health 0 e002726 BMJ 2633-3767 2633-3775 1 7 2024 2024-07-01 10.1136/military-2024-002726 COLLEGE NANME Psychology School COLLEGE CODE PSYS Swansea University SU Library paid the OA fee (TA Institutional Deal) Swansea University 2024-11-06T13:06:13.5434979 2024-05-29T17:00:26.8626716 Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences School of Psychology Matthew Jones 1 Hannah Champion 2 Glen Dighton 0000-0002-9283-5114 3 J Larcombe 4 M Fossey 0000-0002-9725-7464 5 Simon Dymond 0000-0003-1319-4492 6 66528__31018__862cb6f7ec954a82828ee5d8b7f26576.pdf 66528.VoR.pdf 2024-08-01T11:15:19.2420605 Output 346415 application/pdf Version of Record true This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. true eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
title Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel
spellingShingle Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel
Matthew Jones
Hannah Champion
Glen Dighton
Simon Dymond
title_short Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel
title_full Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel
title_fullStr Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel
title_full_unstemmed Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel
title_sort Demographic characteristics, gambling engagement, mental health, and associations with harmful gambling risk among UK Armed Forces serving personnel
author_id_str_mv e3595273bb063f8694ce43326f4bd298
d5f918e504d7447d934c989e05362108
2a413b069254b5edfb6509b4c3b41ad7
8ed0024546f2588fdb0073a7d6fbc075
author_id_fullname_str_mv e3595273bb063f8694ce43326f4bd298_***_Matthew Jones
d5f918e504d7447d934c989e05362108_***_Hannah Champion
2a413b069254b5edfb6509b4c3b41ad7_***_Glen Dighton
8ed0024546f2588fdb0073a7d6fbc075_***_Simon Dymond
author Matthew Jones
Hannah Champion
Glen Dighton
Simon Dymond
author2 Matthew Jones
Hannah Champion
Glen Dighton
J Larcombe
M Fossey
Simon Dymond
format Journal article
container_title BMJ Military Health
container_volume 0
container_start_page e002726
publishDate 2024
institution Swansea University
issn 2633-3767
2633-3775
doi_str_mv 10.1136/military-2024-002726
publisher BMJ
college_str Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
hierarchytype
hierarchy_top_id facultyofmedicinehealthandlifesciences
hierarchy_top_title Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
hierarchy_parent_id facultyofmedicinehealthandlifesciences
hierarchy_parent_title Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
department_str School of Psychology{{{_:::_}}}Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences{{{_:::_}}}School of Psychology
document_store_str 1
active_str 0
description Introduction Harmful gambling negatively impacts individuals, families and communities. Growing international evidence indicates that the Armed Forces (AF) community may be at a comparatively higher risk of experiencing harm from gambling than the general population. The current study sought to identify general predictors of harmful gambling and gambling engagement among UK AF serving personnel (AFSP).Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, exploratory survey to identify associations between demographic factors, mental health, gambling engagement and gambling type in a sample (N=608) of AFSP.Results Most of the sample reported past-year gambling, with 23% having experienced harm. Male gender, younger age and lower educational attainment all predicted harmful gambling, as did mental health variables of prior generalised anxiety and post-traumatic stress symptomatology. Strategy-based gambling and online sports betting were also predictive of experiencing harm from gambling.Conclusions The risk of harm from gambling is associated with demographic, mental health and gambling engagement variables among AFSP. Better understanding of these predictors is important for the development of individualised treatment approaches for harmful gambling.
published_date 2024-07-01T13:06:12Z
_version_ 1814978491476606976
score 11.036815

Similar Items