What is it about?
This study looked at a group of people with gambling problems and followed them over one year. Various factors measured at baseline (and their changes from baseline to follow-up) were used to predict whether people would remit from their gambling problems one year later.
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Why is it important?
This study identified a handful of gambling-related, psychosocial, and mental health variables that predict remission from problem gambling one year later. These provide specific targets for treatment plans and large-scale public health messages.
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This page is a summary of: Predictors of problem gambling remission in adults: A Canadian longitudinal study., Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, October 2023, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/adb0000964.
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