Disability Benefit and Gambling Disorder: A Longitudinal Study Based on National Registry Data.

Rates of gambling disorder (GD) have been found to be higher among people receiving disability benefit, but few studies have investigated whether receiving disability benefit prospectively actually increases the risk of GD. The present study investigated whether those with a disability benefit had an increased risk of developing GD using a case-control design. The study sample was retrieved from the Norwegian Patient Registry (NPR, N = 5,131) and consisted of all adults in Norway (18 years and older) who had received a GD diagnosis (F63.

The Role of Teacher Social-Emotional Support in the Prevention of Adolescent ATOD Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We studied alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use (ATOD) among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, hypothesizing that social-emotional support from teachers during the pandemic would lessen adolescent-reported use of ATOD in the last 30 days. A sample of 3,086 high school youth (51% girls; 45% youth of color) from seven U.S.

Exploring views among Norwegian Sámi regarding gambling and gambling treatment.

To explore gambling in the indigenous Sámi culture by studying thoughts, ideas and attitudes towards gambling among Sámi and people living in majority Sámi areas with knowledge of the culture. The topic was investigated in an inductive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 14 people (n = 13 self-reported Sámi ethnicity). The majority of the informants knew of superstitious practices that were specific to the Sámi culture, though most did not believe that these could influence gambling outcomes.

Some for a Good Time, Some for a Long Time: Women's Ratings of the Mate Value of Men with Different Addictions - An Experimental Study.

: The present study aimed to explore women's perception of men with different addictions in terms of their short- and long-term mate value. : 2,525 women (age range: 18-40,  = 28.35,  = 6.

Unemployment as a risk factor for gambling disorder: A longitudinal study based on national registry data.

Background And Aims: Unemployment rates are elevated among individuals with disordered gambling, yet the directionality of the relationship remains unclear. The present study investigated paid and unpaid unemployment as risk factors for future gambling disorder (GD).

Methods: The study employed a case-control design, including all adult Norwegians receiving a GD diagnosis within specialist health services from January 2008 to December 2018 (n = 5,131).