The influence of demographic, behavioural and treatment characteristics on problem gambling counselling outcomes
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The paper considers the influence of client characteristics and gambling behaviour as well as treatment modality on the resolution of gambling behaviour for 591 clients who sought help from the publicly-funded BreakEven counselling services in the state of Victoria between 1 July 1996 and 30 June 1997. Statistical data about clients and their consultations was collected in the form of a Minimum Data Set. On their own, client demographics accounting for 12% of the variance were identified as discriminating between problem gamblers who achieved some resolution of their gambling behaviour and those whose behaviour did not change. Variables associated with gambling behaviour accounted for 10% of variance and treatment variables for 12% of variance in treatment outcomes. Collectively, the three types of data could explain 26% of the variance in problem resolution. Importantly, these findings demonstrate that the resolution of problematic gambling behaviour is affected by a complex interplay of client characteristics, their gambling behaviour and the treatment they receive. It is argued that the evaluation of treatment programs for problem gambling, and potentially all counselling programs in the primary health arena, needs to include measures from each of these domains.
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There have been few studies exploring the influence of treatment and therapist characteristics in treatment outcome studies in the gambling field.
“There have, however, been few studies exploring the influence of these characteristics in treatment outcome studies in the gambling field (Crisp, Thomas, Jackson, & Thomason, 2001;Dowling & Cosic, 2011;Ladouceur et al., 2006).”
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“Finally, several studies have investigated a range of characteristics on outcomes in clients presenting to Australian problem gambling outpatient counselling services (Crisp et al. 2001; Jackson et al. 2002; Smith et al. 2004; Raylu and Oei 2007).”
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“Demographic characteristics such as being male (Crisp et al. 2001), being younger, having more gambling related problems, lower incomes and living alone have been associated with poorer outcomes (Jackson et al.”
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“Gambling characteristics associated with treatment outcomes include gambling frequency and expenditure, gambling severity higher preoccupation with gambling, more gambling-related problems, gambling on electronic gaming machines, and lower readiness to change ( Crisp et al. 2001b; Dowling 2009, Jackson et al. 2002; Mc…”
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“…Guo et al., 2012; Melville, Casey, & Kavanagh, 2007; Smith, Thomas, & Jackson, 2004), there is more consistent evidence that greater gambling severity at pre-treatment evaluations is associated with poorer treatment outcomes (Crisp et al., 2001; Dowling, 2013; Guo et al., 2012; Smith et al., 2004).”
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“Crisp et al. (2001) assessed the relationship between the number of counseling sessions attended and the degree of problem resolution for 613 gamblers that sought treatment in treatment services in Victoria, Australia.”
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- Authors
- R. Crisp, B., A. Thomas, S., C. Jackson, A., & Thomason, N.
- Venue
- Australian Journal of Primary Health
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing
- Published
- 2001-08-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 32-36
- ISSN
- 1448-7527 (ISSN-L)
- 1836-7399
- OpenAlex
- W2060382651
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2016: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Australian Journal of Primary Health (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- problem gambling, treatment outcomes, client characteristics, gambling behavior, treatment options, treatment evaluation, primary care
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