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- Abbott, Max, et al.
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Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling: An International Collaboration
- 2013
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- While seen by many as a form of leisure and recreation, gambling can have serious repercussions for individuals, families, and society as a whole. The harmful effects of gambling have been studied for decades to attempt to understand individual differences in gambling engagement and the life- course of gamblingrelated problems. In this publication, we present a comprehensive, internationally relevant conceptual framework of “harmful gambling” that moves beyond a symptoms-based view of harm and addresses a broad set of factors related to population risk, community and societal effects. Interactive factors represented in the framework represent major themes in gambling that range from specific (gambling environment, exposure, types, and resources) to general (cultural, social, psychological, and biological). This framework has been created by international and interdisciplinary experts from a variety of stakeholder perspectives - including researchers, treatment providers, operators, policy makers, and individuals and their families - to facilitate an understanding of harmful gambling. It not only reflects the state of knowledge as it relates to factors influencing harmful gambling, but also acts to guide the development of future research programs and educate policy makers on issues related to harmful gambling. The Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) has facilitated the development of the Conceptual Framework of Harmful Gambling and is committed to updating it over time.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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A mutual support group for young problem gamblers
- 2012
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Ingår i: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1557-1874 .- 1557-1882. ; 10:4, s. 524-536
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A Swedish mutual support group for young problem gamblers is described and discussed. During the study period, 116 weekly meetings occurred, usually involving six to ten participants; in total, 69 problem gamblers (66 male and three female), aged 17–25, and 23 partners and friends attended the meetings. Half the gamblers had problems with Internet poker, one fifth with electronic gambling machines, and the rest with other forms of gambling and computer gaming. Nearly half the problem gamblers participated in under five mutual support meetings, while just over a third attended ten or more meetings. Gambling problems ceased or lessened among most participants in ten or more meetings. In some cases, attending just one or a few meetings had a positive impact on the problems. This mutual support group provides relatively effective help to adolescents and young adults with gambling problems, offering a valuable alternative and complement to professional treatment.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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A Swedish mutual support society of problem gamblers
- 2012
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Ingår i: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1557-1874 .- 1557-1882. ; 10:4, s. 512-523
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mutual support societies for problem gamblers have existed in Sweden for 20 years. They have helped more people with gambling problems than any other institution inside or outside the Swedish health care system. This paper outlines the background of these societies and describes the meetings of one of them. Data come from interviews with members of a local society and participation in mutual support meetings. It is argued that these mutual support societies provide help in a variety of ways and in all phases of recovery from gambling problems. In particular, they help people form personal narratives about the origin, progression, and resolution of their problems, narratives that give insight and guide recovery. These mutual support societies are valuable complements and alternatives to professional treatment.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Att bedöma spelformers riskfylldhet: En metodologisk diskussion i ett regleringsperspektiv
- 2012
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Ingår i: Lotteriinspektionens skriftserie. ; :2, s. 1-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Forskning och praktisk erfarenhet visar att vissa spelformer är mer riskfyllda än andra. Med ”riskfylld” avses här en spelform där en jämförelsevis stor andel av deltagarna har spelproblem. Risken kan vara dels att spelformen skapar problem hos åtskilliga av dem som börjar delta i den, dels att den är särskilt attraktiv för personer som sedan tidigare har spelproblem och därigenom vidmakthåller eller förvärrar deras problem. Artikeln ger en orientering om de tre huvudsakliga metoder som finns för att bedöma spelformers riskfylldhet - data från befolkningsstudier, statistik över dem som söker hjälp för spelproblem, och riskbedömningsinstrument. Metodernas styrkor och svagheter diskuteras, liksom generella komplikationerna med riskbedömning av spelformer. Slutsatsen är att det inte finns någon perfekt metod för att bedöma spelformers riskfylldhet. Alla metoder har alla sina starka och svaga sidor och det är därför önskvärt att i regleringssammanhang utnyttja alla till buds stående metoder för att göra en så god riskbedömning som möjligt.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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De svenska spelberoendeföreningarna
- 2010
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Ingår i: Spelberoendes riksförbund 10 år: En jubileumsskrift, red. P. Binde & J. Jonsson. - Östersund : Statens folkhälsoinstitut. - 9789172576858 ; , s. 43-55
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Bokkapitlet beskriver de svenska spelberoendeföreningarna. Det tar upp föreningarnas historiska bakgrund och skildrar hur ett självhjälpsmöte går till. Författaren ger sin syn på vad som gör att självhjälpsgrupper är ett bra stöd för många människor med beroendeproblem och hur sådana grupper förhåller sig till professionell psykologisk behandling.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling advertising: A critical research review
- 2014
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This report provides a critical review of research on gambling advertising, with particular attention to studies that concern the impact of such advertising on participation in gambling and the prevalence of problem gambling. Methodological issues and the potential of research approaches to produce reliable and meaningful results are discussed, providing a basis for recommendations about future studies. The report has been commissioned by the Responsible Gambling Trust in the UK and the aim is that the Trust, other organizations and researchers will find the report useful when forming research priorities and planning studies. More generally, the report serves as an introduction to the topic of gambling advertising. It is concluded that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to assess how many people gamble excessively because of direct or indirect influence from advertising. However, the nature and mechanisms of the impact of gambling advertising, as well as other aspects of it – such as its volume and the ethical questions that it raises – are possible to study in a variety of ways. Thus while absolute extent of impact is difficult to assess, it is possible to study the relative impact on various groups of people by different forms of advertising. Such research results are valuable for policy making, regulation and the responsible marketing of gambling as they differentiate between relatively harmless and relatively risky advertising.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Gambling in Sweden: The cultural and socio-political context
- 2014
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Ingår i: Addiction. - : Wiley. - 0965-2140 .- 1360-0443. ; 109:2, s. 193-198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim To provide an overview, with respect to Sweden, of the cultural history of gambling, the commercialization of gambling, problem gambling research, the prevalence of problem gambling and its prevention and treatment. Method A review of the literature and official documents relating to gambling in Sweden; involvement in gambling research and regulation. Results Gambling has long been part of Swedish culture. Since about 1980 the gambling market, although still largely monopolistic, has been commercialized. At the same time, problem gambling has emerged as a concept in the public health paradigm. Debate regarding whether or not Sweden’s national restrictions on the gambling market are compliant with European Community legislation has helped to put problem gambling on the political agenda. Despite expanded gambling services, the extent of problem gambling on the population level has not changed significantly over the past decade. Conclusions The stability of problem gambling in Sweden at the population level suggests a homeostatic system involving the gambling market, regulation, prevention and treatment and adaption to risk and harm by gamblers. We have relatively good knowledge of the extent and characteristics of problem gambling in Sweden and of how to treat it, but little is known of how to prevent it effectively. Knowledge is needed of the effectiveness of regulatory actions and approaches, and of responsible gambling measures implemented by gambling companies.
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- Binde, Per, 1956
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Games of life and death: The judicial uses of dice in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Sweden
- 2014
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Ingår i: UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal. - 1535-7589. ; 18:1, s. 1-23
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Gambling studies should take a broad view of the field and consider activities that are not strictly gambling but similar to it, such as cleromancy and secular uses of drawing of lots, to give us perspective on societal and cultural aspects of gambling. This paper presents historical data on judicial uses of throwing dice in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Sweden. The focus is on cases of manslaughter with multiple perpetrators who were considered equally guilty and were forced by the criminal court to throw dice to determine who should be executed and who should receive lesser penalties. Three principles are distinguished in judicial uses of throwing dice—cost-effective deterrence, lottery of pardon, and guilt-revealing cleromancy—and similarities and dissimilarities to present commercial gambling are discussed. It is argued that the polythetic notion of family resemblance is useful in gambling studies since it does not impose fixed conceptual boundaries between activities that share many elements.
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- Binde, Per, 1956, et al.
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Inledning: Spelberoendes riksförbund tio år
- 2010
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Ingår i: Spelberoendes riksförbund 10 år: En jubileumsskrift, red. P. Binde & J. Jonsson. - Östersund : Statens folkhälsoinstitut. - 9789172576858 ; , s. 6-11
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Den svenska spelmarknaden har förändrats och växt kraftigt den senaste tioårsperioden. Vi har fått statliga kasinon och på Internet går det att spela på det mesta från bingo till poker. Så gott som dagligen rapporterar massmedia om spelpolitik och spelberoende. Medvetenheten om spelberoende har ökat och starkt bidragande till det är Spelberoendes riksförbund. Förbundet har i tio år informerat om spelberoende och gett stöd till människor med spelproblem och deras anhöriga. Den här jubileumsskriften ger en bild av spelproblem i Sverige och kamratstödet i spelberoendes föreningar. Ungas spelande och de anhörigas situation tas upp av flera författare. Läsaren får också veta hur medvetenheten om spelberoende växte fram i Sverige och ta del av diskussioner om hur framtidens spelande kan gestalta sig. I boken medverkar aktiva inom förbundet, eldsjälar från lokalföreningar och spelberoende som har fått hjälp. Även spelforskare och personer som på olika sätt arbetat med spelfrågor har bidragit med kapitel. Skriften är utgiven med stöd av Statens folkhälsoinstitut. I detta inledningskapitel presenteras spelberoendes riksförbund, författarna och deras bidrag till jubileumsskriften.
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