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| Title |
The use of personalized behavioral feedback for online gamblers: an empirical study
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01406 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael M. Auer, Mark D. Griffiths |
| Abstract |
Over the last few years, online gambling has become a more common leisure time activity. However, for a small minority, the activity can become problematic. Consequently, the gambling industry has started to acknowledge their role in player protection and harm minimization and some gambling companies have introduced responsible gambling tools as a way of helping players stay in control. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of mentor (a responsible gambling tool that provides personalized feedback to players) among 1,015 online gamblers at a European online gambling site, and compared their behavior with matched controls (n = 15,216) on the basis of age, gender, playing duration, and theoretical loss (i.e., the amount of money wagered multiplied by the payout percentage of a specific game played). The results showed that online gamblers receiving personalized feedback spent significantly less time and money gambling compared to controls that did not receive personalized feedback. The results suggest that responsible gambling tools providing personalized feedback may help the clientele of gambling companies gamble more responsibly, and may be of help those who gamble excessively to stay within their personal time and money spending limits. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 56 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 56 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 18 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 16 | 29% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 9% |
| Unknown | 18 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 March 2018.
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#3,899,556
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#6,750
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#50,066
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#133
of 556 outputs
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