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Instant lottery addiction In the Netherlands
Institution/
contact address:
Amsterdam Institute of Addiction Research
Keizersgracht 818
1017 EE Amsterdam
Tel.: (020) 320 16 35
Contactperson/
researcher(s):
Dr. M.W.J. Koeter & drs. L. de Fuentes-Merillas.
Goal of the study:
– To what extend is participation tot the instant lottery a risk factor for the development of gambling addiction.
– The development of an Instrument for the assessment of gambling addiction severity.
Type of study:
Cross sectional and prospective cohort study.
Research
questions:
– Estimation of the prevalence of addiction to instant lottery.
– Estimation of the incidence of instant lottery addiction in a sample of ‘problem players’
– Estimation of the extend to which frequent participation to instant lottery is a risk factor for the development of addiction to or other hazard games.
– Assessment of (changes in) the risk profile of instant lottery.
Population
studied:
A sample of buyers of instant lottery tickets. a control group of players of other (equally or less risky) games of chance, and a sample of treated pathological gamblers.
Design and
instruments:
Addiction is defined as pathological gambling according to DSM-IV criteria and is assessed using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). For assessment of at risk playing, characteristics of gambling behavior are measured and an adapted version of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) is administered. Further instruments will be the PDQ-R (personality), the SBL (sensation seeking), and the GIRL (severity of gambling).
Startdate:
November 1998.
Duration:
4 years.
Initiative:
AIAR and the University of Nijmegen.
Collaboration:
Jellinek Amsterdam.
Funding:
The Lotto.
Reporting:
Dissertation, journal articles, reports.
References:
Koeter, M.W.J., & Benschop, A. (2000). Prevalentie van kraslotverslaving onder kraslotkopers in Nederland (AIAR reeks 7). Amsterdam: AIAR.
Comments:
This project is part of the clinical epidemiology program of the Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research. This program aims to assess psychiatric and social comorbidity of treated alcohol, gambling and drug addicts in order to predict treatment outcome and to develop more effective treatment strategies using client-treatment matching strategies.