Craving for Gambling Predicts Income-Generating Offenses: A Pathways Model of a Japanese Prison Population

Yokotani, Kenji; Tamura, Katsuhiro; Kaneko, Yusuke; Kamimura, Eiichi

doi:10.1007/s10899-019-09887-4

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“…Hence, our measurement may underestimate several gambling symptoms because the measurement could not assess these symptoms that gamblers did not reveal in the meetings. To compensate for these limitations, questionnaires [ 32 ] or standardized interview [ 31 ] data are required in future studies. Third, this study identified gamblers through their anonymous names, but it is possible that 2 different gamblers used the same anonymous name or that one gambler used multiple anonymous names.…”

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“…For example, “lie” is a keyword used for examining the symptom of lies in gambling; therefore, all texts involving “lie” were extracted. Two raters who majored in clinical psychology as undergraduate students and received 2-hour training regarding gambling disorders from a Japanese clinical psychologist [ 32 ] independently read the texts and evaluated whether the user had experienced the aforementioned 10 symptoms in their lifetime. To check the validity of their evaluation, the psychologist also blindly evaluated randomly selected texts from 100 participants.…”

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A Change Talk Model for Abstinence Based on Web-Based Anonymous Gambler Chat Meeting Data by Using an Automatic Change Talk Classifier: Development Study

Yokotani¹

2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background Change and sustain talks (negative and positive comments) on gambling have been relevant for determining gamblers’ outcomes but they have not been used to clarify the abstinence process in anonymous gambler meetings. Objective The aim of this study was to develop a change talk model for abstinence based on data extracted from web-based anonymous gambler chat meetings by using an automatic change talk classifier. Methods This study used registry data from the internet. The author accessed web-based anonymous gambler chat meetings in Japan and sampled 1.63 million utterances (two-sentence texts) from 267 abstinent gamblers who have remained abstinent for at least three years and 1625 nonabstinent gamblers. The change talk classifier in this study automatically classified gamblers’ utterances into change and sustain talks. Results Abstinent gamblers showed higher proportions of change talks and lower probability of sustain talks compared with nonabstinent gamblers. The change talk model for abstinence, involving change and sustain talks, classified abstinent and nonabstinent gamblers through the use of a support vector machine with a radial basis kernel function. The model also indicated individual evaluation scores for abstinence and the ideal proportion of change talks for all participants according to their previous utterances. Conclusions Abstinence likelihood among gamblers can be increased by providing personalized evaluation values and indicating the optimal proportion of change talks. Moreover, this may help to prevent severe mental, social, and financial problems caused by the gambling disorder.

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A Change Talk Model for Abstinence Based on Web-Based Anonymous Gambler Chat Meeting Data by Using an Automatic Change Talk Classifier: Development Study

Yokotani¹

2021

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“…Ennek az eseménynek mérhető hatása 2015-ben még nem volt egyértelmű. Ezzel szemben Japánban is végeztek hasonló kutatást (Yokotani et al 2019), SOGS kérdőív alkalmazásával, ahol 38,55%-nyi problémás játékost találtak a vizsgált 332 fogvatartott férfi körében, mely arány némiképp magasabb, mint a Banks és társai (2019) által összegyűjtött azonos módszertanú vizsgálatok elemszámra súlyozott átlaga, ami 22,85%. A prevalencia mérésén túl arra is rámutattak, hogy fogvatartottak szerencsejáték iránti vágya a vagyon elleni bűncselekményekkel korrelált, a drogokkal összefüggő és erőszakos bűncselekményekkel azonban nem.…”

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Kutatásunkban a bűnözés és a szerencsejáték-függőség kapcsolatát, 175 fogvatartott börtönbe vonulás előtti játékszokásait, demográfiai jellemzőit és ezek kapcsolatait vizsgáltuk kérdőíves módszerrel. Ezt a kérdőívet használtuk már két korábbi, 2009-es és 2014-es kutatásunk során is, amelyek adatfelvételeken alapulva mérik fel az aktuális helyzetet. A kóros játékszenvedély vizsgálatára az South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) kérdőív eredeti változatát alkalmaztuk, azt kiegészítve demográfiai, valamint a vizsgálatunk szempontjából releváns kérdésekkel. Bár a több mint tíz évet felölelő kutatásunk során a problémás szerencsejátékosok aránya csökkent a vizsgált magyar büntetés-végrehajtási intézetekben, még így is igen jelentősnek mondható. Vizsgálatunk során megerősítést nyert, hogy a bűncselekmény elkövetésének közvetlen vagy közvetett oka a szenvedélyes szerencsejáték. A játékfüggők feminizációja egy viszonylag frissen kimutatott jelenség, melyre szintén kitérünk vizsgálatunk során. Emellett az intézményi dolgozók felkészítésére, képzésére és aveszélyeztetett kategóriában lévőkre is szeretnénk felhívni a figyelmet. Míg a vizsgáltak 11%-a állította, hogy börtönbe kerülésének köze volt a szerencsejátékhoz, ez az arány a játékfüggők esetén 28% volt. Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) kód: I12, K14

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“…Additionally, those who gamble have increased risks for substance use and truancy at school 3 . People with problematic gambling habits also have an increased risk of committing income-generating offenses 4 , 5 . Furthermore, their gambling habits are affected by their peers’ habits 6 since they have many peers who gamble excessively 7 and participate in many online gambling groups 8 .…”

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“…To clarify these links, I used the social network analysis, a common method for analyzing social relationships 10 . Clarification of these links could help create an online social network-based approach 11 , 12 to treat people with gambling disorders and reduce the impact of the social problems they cause 5 , 13 .…”

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Spread of gambling abstinence through peers and comments in online self-help chat forums to quit gambling

Yokotani

2022

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Habit formation occurs in relation to peer habits and comments. This general principle was applied to gambling abstinence in the context of online self-help forums to quit gambling. Participants in this study, conducted between September 2008 and March 2020, were 161 abstinent and 928 non-abstinent gamblers who participated in online self-help chat forums to quit gambling. They received 269,317 comments during their first 3 years of forum participation. Gamblers had an increased likelihood of 3-year continuous gambling abstinence if they had many peers in the forums. However, they had a decreased likelihood of gambling abstinence if they received rejective comments from the forums. Based on these results, online social network-based interventions may be a new treatment option for gamblers.

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Craving for Gambling Predicts Income-Generating Offenses: A Pathways Model of a Japanese Prison Population

Cited by 9 publications

References 66 publications

A Change Talk Model for Abstinence Based on Web-Based Anonymous Gambler Chat Meeting Data by Using an Automatic Change Talk Classifier: Development Study

A Change Talk Model for Abstinence Based on Web-Based Anonymous Gambler Chat Meeting Data by Using an Automatic Change Talk Classifier: Development Study

Szerencsejáték és bűnözés kapcsolatának magyarországi vizsgálata

Spread of gambling abstinence through peers and comments in online self-help chat forums to quit gambling

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