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Sleep & Gambling in Early Life<\/h1>\n

Understanding the links between sleep & gambling in the digital age<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Gambling is increasingly recognised as a public health issue with the potential to negatively impact mental health, relationships, and financial stability. With sleep being important for decision making, impulsivity, and reward processing, this study considers it’s role in shaping gambling risk, focusing on adolescents and young adults growing up with the new world of digital gambling exposures.<\/p>\n

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Context<\/h2>\n

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Therefore, this project aims to look at the relationship between gambling and sleep<\/strong> during\u00a0adolescence and young adulthood<\/strong> through a systematic review of the literature.<\/p>\n

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Findings<\/h2>\n

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This systematic review of the literature on the subject spanned…<\/p>\n

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Participants aged<\/p>\n

10-24<\/h1>\n

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… and all looked at how poor sleep could impact gambling behaviours.<\/p>\n

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Findings were categorised in two categories:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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1<\/h1>\n

Sleep’s effect on gambling behaviours and gambling disorder symptoms & severity.<\/p>\n

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2<\/h1>\n

Sleep’s effect on decision making and risk behaviours.<\/p>\n

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Gambling Behaviours & Symptoms<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Decision Making & Risk Taking<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Take-Home Messages<\/h2>\n

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Research Implications<\/h3>\n

Greater attention should be paid to the risk factors and effects of digital gambling. Also, more studies are needed on the effect of gambling on sleep patterns to explore their potential bidirectional relationship.<\/p>\n

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Policy Action<\/h3>\n

Policy makers need to consider how commercial and digital environments are contributing to sleep disturbance and gambling behaviours amongst young people.<\/p>\n

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Medical Practice
Implications<\/h3>\n

Sleep should be recognised as a modifiable risk factor in gambling prevention and harm reduction.<\/p>\n

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Programme Resources<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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This programme was made possible through collaborations with Gambling Harms Research UK, the University of St Andrews, the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy (SCPHRP) and the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.<\/p>\n

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