Improved Outcomes Following a Single Session Web-Based Intervention for Problem Gambling

dc.contributor.authorRodda, S. N.
dc.contributor.authorLubman, D. I.
dc.contributor.authorJackson, A. C.
dc.contributor.authorDowling, Nicki A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-28T01:59:47Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.description.abstractResearch suggests online interventions can have instant impact, however this is yet to be tested with help-seeking adults and in particular those with problem gambling. This study seeks to determine the immediate impact of a single session web-based intervention for problem gambling, and to examine whether sessions evaluated positively by clients are associated with greater improvement. The current study involved 229 participants classified as problem gamblers who agreed to participate after accessing Gambling Help Online between November 2010 and February 2012. Almost half were aged under 35 years of age (45 %), male (57 %) as well as first time treatment seekers (62 %). Participants completed measures of readiness to change and distress both prior to and post-counselling. Following the provision of a single-session of counselling, participants completed ratings of the character of the session (i.e., degree of depth and smoothness) post-counselling. A significant increase in confidence to resist and urge to gamble and a significant decrease in distress (moderate effect size; d = .56 and .63 respectively) was observed after receiving online counselling. A hierarchical regression indicated the character of the session was a significant predictor of change in confidence, however only the sub-scale smoothness was a significant predictor of change in distress. This was the case even after controlling for pre-session distress, session word count and client characteristics (gender, age, preferred gambling activity, preferred mode of gambling, gambling severity, and preferred mode of help-seeking). These findings suggest that single session web-based counselling for problem gambling can have immediate benefits, although further research is required to examine the impact on longer-term outcomes.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipSimone Rodda was funded by an Australian Postgraduate Award.en_AU
dc.format17 pagesen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1050-5350en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/114039
dc.provenancehttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1050-5350/ Author's post-print on any open access repository after 12 months after publication (Sherpa/Romeo as of 7/8/2017). http://www.springer.com/gp/open-access/authors-rights/self-archiving-policy/2124 The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-016-9638-2 (Publisher journal website 7/8/2017)
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag (Germany)en_AU
dc.rights© 2016 Springer Science+Business Media New York.en_AU
dc.sourceJournal of gambling studiesen_AU
dc.subjectgamblingen_AU
dc.subjectonline, session evaluationen_AU
dc.subjectsatisfactionen_AU
dc.subjectsingle sessionen_AU
dc.subjectweb-based counsellingen_AU
dc.titleImproved Outcomes Following a Single Session Web-Based Intervention for Problem Gamblingen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage299en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage283en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDowling, Nicki A., School of Sociology, CASS Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailnicki.dowling@deakin.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu5717487en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume33en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s10899-016-9638-2en_AU
local.identifier.essn1573-3602en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4579722en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://link.springer.com/en_AU
local.type.statusAccepted Versionen_AU

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