The goal of the project is to build on the previous findings from a scoping review published in July 2023 conducted on behalf of GambleAware by the National Centre for Social Research and the University of Plymouth titled ‘Frameworks and Measurement of Gambling Related Harm: A Scoping Study’.
The new research project will “address identified issues with the Problem Gambling Severity Index in the screening and assessment of harm” and “build on and adapt other frameworks that have been established in other jurisdictions and adjacent policy areas”.
GambleAware noted that the scoping study focused “on individual behaviour and overlooked a variety of socio-environmental factors which contribute to gambling-related harms, with methodologies often lacking robustness and failing to engage with people with lived experience”.
The gambling charity added: “The reliance on t..