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The Evaluation of a 1-h Prevention Program for Problem Gambling

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Abstract

Reports on the pre-post controlled experimental evaluation of a problem gambling prevention program aimed at school age youth. The program was very positively received by the students. We found a significant, but small improvement in the students’ understanding of random chance; however, we did not find any evidence for changes in gambling behaviour, coping strategies, or attitudes towards gambling.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by a grant from the National Centre for Responsible Gaming. The study was reviewed by ethics board of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and approved as Protocol Reference # 011CAMH/99.

The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health or the funding agency. We would like to acknowledge Geoff Noonan, Jeff Young and the drama students of Unionville High School for their contributions to this project.

The authors have no conflicting interests.

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  1. Masood Zangeneh

    Present address: Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, Gambling Research Centre, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

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  1. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S1

    Nigel Turner, John Macdonald, Mark Bartoshuk & Masood Zangeneh

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Turner, N., Macdonald, J., Bartoshuk, M. et al. The Evaluation of a 1-h Prevention Program for Problem Gambling. Int J Ment Health Addiction 6, 238–243 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-007-9121-5

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