Understanding the Relationship Between Subjective Wellbeing and Gambling Behavior

Farrell, Lisa

doi:10.1007/s10899-017-9692-4

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“…Our analyses using the categories of the PGSI demonstrated that low severity gamblers were associated with risky alcohol use measures and the use of the continuous PGSI total score obscures this effect. Our use of both a continuous and categorical approach to the PGSI is in line with previous studies and demonstrates the value of using both the continuous score and categorical thresholds of severity (Farrell 2018).…”

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Gambling with Your Health: Associations Between Gambling Problem Severity and Health Risk Behaviours, Health and Wellbeing

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The current study examined the association between gambling problem severity and health risk behaviours, health and wellbeing. A cross-sectional survey (including representative population and supplementary convenience samples) was conducted with 2303 adult residents of a British Island. Gambling problem severity was assessed using the Problem Gambling Severity Index. The EQ-5D-5L, WEMWBS and AUDIT-C were used to measure general health, mental wellbeing and alcohol use, respectively. Other measures included diet, physical exercise and tobacco use. Differences between gambling severity levels for each measure were analysed using logistic regression adjusting for age, sex and income. Compared to non-problem gamblers, moderate/high severity gamblers had higher odds of a poor diet, low physical exercise and poor general health. Tobacco use was associated with both low and moderate/high severity gambling. Low severity, but not moderate/high severity gambling, was significantly associated with binge and higher risk drinking behaviours. Health risk behaviours tended to cluster, with a graded relationship between gambling problem severity and odds of reporting at least two health risk behaviours. Compared to non-problem gamblers, low severity gamblers were approximately twice as likely and moderate/high severity gamblers were three times as likely, to have low mental wellbeing. Findings suggest associations between gambling problems and a range of health risk behaviours and health issues, and crucially that such issues are not limited to gamblers with the highest severity of problems. Addressing gambling across the whole continuum of risk should be a key public health priority.

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Gambling with Your Health: Associations Between Gambling Problem Severity and Health Risk Behaviours, Health and Wellbeing

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“…Congruent with existing research exploring the wellbeing of people with gambling problems ( Awaworyi Churchill & Farrell, 2020 ; Blackman et al, 2019 ; Farrell, 2018 ), our study found that those with first-order gambling problems reported lower mean wellbeing scores than CSOs. In Australia, these differences were significant.…”

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“…Health has typically received much more attention than wellbeing with respect to gambling problems, however, this is changing. In examining subjective wellbeing, or a “person’s cognitive and affective evaluation” of their life (SWB; Diener, Oishi, & Lucas, 2012 , p. 63), recent studies have shown that having a gambling problem is associated with decreased SWB ( Awaworyi Churchill & Farrell, 2020 ; Blackman, Browne, Rockloff, Hing, & Russell, 2019 ; Farrell, 2018 ). In research exploring CSO wellbeing, CSOs have been found to show signs of high psychological distress ( Chan, Dowling, Jackson, & Shek, 2016 ; Hodgins, Shead, & Makarchuk, 2007 ) and mood disorders ( Dannon, Lowengrub, Aizer, & Kotler, 2006 ; Svensson, Romild, & Shepherdson, 2013 ; Wenzel, Øren, & Bakken, 2008 ).…”

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The effect of gambling problems on the subjective wellbeing of gamblers’ family and friends: Evidence from large-scale population research in Australia and Canada

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et al. 2021

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Background and Aims Excessive time and money spent on gambling can result in harms, not only to people experiencing a gambling problem but also to their close family and friends (“concerned significant others”; CSOs). The current study aimed to explore whether, and to what extent, CSOs experience decrements to their wellbeing due to another person’s gambling. Methods We analysed data from The Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA; N = 19,064) and the Canadian Quinte Longitudinal Study (QLS; N = 3,904). Participants either self-identified as CSOs (QLS) or were identified by living in a household with a person classified in the problem gambling category by the PGSI (HILDA). Subjective well-being was measured using the Personal Wellbeing Index and single-item questions on happiness and satisfaction with life. Results CSOs reported lower subjective wellbeing than non-CSOs across both countries and on all three wellbeing measures. CSO status remained a significant predictor of lower wellbeing after controlling for demographic and socio-economic factors, and own-gambling problems. There were no significant differences across various relationships to the gambler, by gender, or between household and non-household CSOs. Discussion and Conclusions Gambling-related harms experienced by CSOs was reliably associated with a decrease in wellbeing. This decrement to CSO’s wellbeing was not as strong as that experienced by the person with the first-order gambling problem. Nevertheless, wellbeing decrements to CSOs are not limited to those living with a person with gambling problems in the household and thus affect many people.

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“…Poor subjective well-being (SWB)-defined as "the extent to which a person believes or feels his or her life is going well" (Diener et al 2018, p. 1)-has been observed in various psychiatric disorders, such as depression (Baselmans et al 2018), psychosis (Broyd et al 2016;van Dijk et al 2019), and gambling disorder (Farrell 2018). Seligman (2018), the founder of positive psychology, has emphasized that reducing or eliminating negative impacts of psychopathology, for example, does not inevitably result in elevated well-being.…”

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Coping Strategies and Subjective Well-being: Context Matters

2021

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A growing body of research suggests that the functionality of coping strategies may in part depend on the context in which they are executed. Thus far, functionality has mostly been defined through the associations of coping strategies with psychopathology, particularly depression. Whether associations of coping strategies with proxies for happiness such as subjective well-being (SWB) are simply inverse remains to be shown. A total of n = 836 individuals from the U. S. general population participated in an online survey that included a revised version of the Maladaptive and Adaptive Coping Styles Questionnaire (MAX-R) that incorporates context-specific items, the Scale of Positive and Negative Affect (SPANE), the Temporal Satisfaction with Life Scale (TSWLS), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and the Web Screening Questionnaire (WSQ). The MAX-R was submitted to an exploratory factor analysis. The factor analysis of the MAX-R yielded four subscales: adaptive, maladaptive, avoidance, and expressive suppression coping. Similar strategies in different contexts at times loaded on the same (e.g., maladaptive) or different (e.g., adaptive and avoidance) dimensions. Hierarchical multiple linear regression revealed significant associations of adaptive coping with SPANE (ß = 0.21), TSWLS (ß = 0.03), and PHQ-9 (ß = 0.07), all ps < .001, of maladaptive coping with SPANE (ß = − 0.19), TSWLS (ß = − 0.10), and PHQ-9 (ß = 0.02), all ps < .01, of avoidance with PHQ-9 (ß = 0.01, p < .001), and of expressive suppression with SPANE (ß = − 0.06) and TSWLS (ß = − 0.16), ps < .005. Final models explained 64.6% of variance in SPANE, 41.8% of variance in TSWLS, and 55% of variance in PHQ-9 score. In some instances, the functionality of coping strategies appears to be impacted by contextual factors. When investigating the overall benefit of use versus nonuse of coping strategies, their association with psychopathology measures and with subjective well-being should both be considered.

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Understanding the Relationship Between Subjective Wellbeing and Gambling Behavior

Cited by 23 publications

References 26 publications

Gambling with Your Health: Associations Between Gambling Problem Severity and Health Risk Behaviours, Health and Wellbeing

Gambling with Your Health: Associations Between Gambling Problem Severity and Health Risk Behaviours, Health and Wellbeing

The effect of gambling problems on the subjective wellbeing of gamblers’ family and friends: Evidence from large-scale population research in Australia and Canada

Coping Strategies and Subjective Well-being: Context Matters

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