Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7, Canada.
Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 12;18(2):586. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020586.
There is limited research exploring the perceptions of people who gamble on the self-control strategies used to limit their gambling. This qualitative study examines self-control strategies used to limit money spent gambling, frequency of gambling, and time spent gambling. A total of 56 people who gamble (27 males and 29 females) participated in nine focus groups and five individual interviews in Montreal, Calgary, and Toronto (Canada). Self-control strategies used to limit their gambling expenditure were more common than frequency or time limiting strategies. Strategies to limit expenditure included: restricting access to money; keeping track of money allocated to gambling activities; and avoiding certain types of gambling activities. Various contextual factors were identified to influence those strategies, including social influences; winning or losing; using substances. Findings from this study emphasize the importance of communicating clear gambling limits to people who gamble, as well as the value of developing individual self-control strategies to limit frequency, time and money spent gambling.
关于赌博者用于限制赌博行为的自我控制策略的看法，相关研究甚少。本定性研究旨在探讨用于限制赌资支出、赌博频率和赌博时间的自我控制策略。共有 56 名赌博者（27 名男性和 29 名女性）参与了在蒙特利尔、卡尔加里和多伦多（加拿大）举行的 9 个焦点小组和 5 个个人访谈。用于限制赌资支出的自我控制策略比限制频率或时间的策略更为常见。限制支出的策略包括：限制获取资金的途径；记录分配给赌博活动的资金；避免某些类型的赌博活动。研究还确定了各种影响这些策略的因素，包括社会影响；输赢；使用物质。本研究的结果强调了向赌博者传达明确的赌博限制的重要性，以及制定个人自我控制策略以限制赌博频率、时间和资金支出的价值。
