电子游戏机的可访问性和博问题:自然政策实验
Alex M T Russell1, Matthew Browne2, Nerilee Hing2
11Experimental Gambling Research Laboratory, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, 400 Kent St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
Journal of behavioral addictions
|August 18, 2023
概括
限制电子游戏机 (EGM) 显著降低了博危害. 西澳大利亚减少了EGM可访问性,导致博问题减少了三分之一,几乎没有转移到其他博形式.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 博研究研究 博研究
- 政策评估 政策评估
背景情况:
- 电子游戏机 (EGM) 是个人博损害的重要来源.
- 限制EGM功能和可访问性的人口层面影响仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查限制电子游戏机 (EGM) 可访问性对人口层面的博危害的影响.
- 将西澳大利亚 (WA) 的博问题与其他澳大利亚司法管辖区的限制EGM访问与广泛的EGM可用性进行比较.
主要方法:
- 一个自然政策实验利用一个大型的国家数据集 (N=15,000).
- 澳大利亚西部居民与其他澳大利亚司法管辖区居民之间的博问题估计的比较.
- 对标准人口变量进行控制的分析,对其他博形式具有类似的可访问性.
主要成果:
- 尽管澳大利亚西部的整体博参与率较高,但EGM参与率下降了一半.
- 澳大利亚西部地区的整体博问题和损害约为三分之一低.
- 在西澳大利亚,减少EGM的使用是较低博问题的主要驱动因素,而对其他博形式的转移最小.
结论:
- 受到限制的EGM可访问性,而不是结构特征,与较低的博危害有关.
- 限制EGM可访问性的政策可以大幅减少人口层面的博危害.
- 有证据表明,当EGM受到限制时,问题转移到其他博形式是最小的.
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