Marchica Loredana, Derevensky Jeffrey L
Department of Education and Counselling Psychology, McGill University , Montreal, QC, Canada.
J Behav Addict. 2016 Mar;5(1):1-10. doi: 10.1556/2006.5.2016.006.
Background and aims Personalized feedback interventions (PFI) have shown success as a low-cost, scalable intervention for reducing problematic and excessive consumption of alcohol. Recently, researchers have begun to apply PFI as an intervention method for problematic gambling behaviors. A systematic review of the literature on PFI as an intervention/prevention method for gambling behaviors was performed. Methods Studies were included if they met the following criteria: the design included both a PFI group and a comparison group, and the interventions focused on gambling prevention and/or reduction. Six relevant studies were found meeting all criteria. Results Results revealed that PFI treatment groups showed decreases in a variety of gambling behaviors as compared to control groups, and perceived norms on gambling behaviors significantly decreased after interventions as compared to control groups. Conclusions Overall, the research suggests that while PFI applied to gambling is still in its infancy, problematic gamblers appear to benefit from programs incorporating PFIs. Further, PFI may also be used as a promising source of preventative measures for individuals displaying at-risk gambling behaviors. While, evidence is still limited, and additional research needs to be conducted with PFI for gambling problems, the preliminary positive results along with the structure of PFI as a scalable and relatively inexpensive intervention method provides promising support for future studies.
背景与目的 个性化反馈干预（PFI）已成功作为一种低成本、可扩展的干预措施，用于减少酒精的问题性和过度消费。最近，研究人员已开始将PFI作为一种针对问题性赌博行为的干预方法。对作为赌博行为干预/预防方法的PFI相关文献进行了系统综述。方法 如果研究符合以下标准则纳入：设计包括PFI组和对照组，且干预措施侧重于赌博预防和/或减少。发现六项相关研究符合所有标准。结果 结果显示，与对照组相比，PFI治疗组的各种赌博行为有所减少，并且与对照组相比，干预后对赌博行为的认知规范显著降低。结论 总体而言，研究表明，虽然应用于赌博的PFI仍处于起步阶段，但问题性赌徒似乎能从纳入PFI的项目中受益。此外，PFI还可作为对表现出赌博风险行为的个人采取预防措施的一个有前景的来源。虽然证据仍然有限，且需要针对赌博问题对PFI开展更多研究，但初步的积极结果以及PFI作为一种可扩展且相对廉价的干预方法的结构为未来研究提供了有前景的支持。
