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June 12, 2026Journal of Gambling StudiesOpen Access

Gambling Harms Statistically Mediate the Association between Risk-weighted Gambling Involvement and Wellbeing in a Population-representative Sample

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MBMatthew BrowneTSTara ShannahanJPJosephine Platz

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Overview

Randomized trial shows gambling harms lower wellbeing in a population-representative sample, suggesting significant implications for public health.

Key Points

  • The aim is to test if gambling harms mediate the relationship between gambling involvement and wellbeing in a general population.
  • Used a population-weighted Australian sample (N=4,001) to analyze gambling involvement.
  • Developed a risk-weighted gambling involvement index based on specific gambling frequencies.
  • Applied weighted mediation models to examine the relationship between gambling harms and wellbeing.
  • Gambling harms accounted for the negative association between gambling involvement and wellbeing.
  • The direct effect of gambling involvement on wellbeing was essentially zero after accounting for harms.
  • Effects were observed consistently across different measures of wellbeing, with substantial impact among harmed individuals.

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Browne et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2ba44e8101cf8926f02c0ehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-026-10524-0
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