Problematic gaming, problem gambling : co-occurrence and association with depression and generalised anxiety disorder among working-age adults in Latvia

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08039488.2025.2494838" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08039488.2025.2494838</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2025.2494838" target="_blank" >10.1080/08039488.2025.2494838</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Problematic gaming, problem gambling : co-occurrence and association with depression and generalised anxiety disorder among working-age adults in Latvia

Original language description

Aims This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of problematic gaming and gambling and the co-occurrence of these behaviours in association with depression and generalised anxiety disorder in a representative general working-age adult population in Latvia. Methods Data from a survey of 4,912 respondents aged 15–64 in the general population of Latvia were studied. The Game Addiction Scale, the Problem Gambling Severity Index, and the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scales were used to obtain self-reported data for the target study variables. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression models assess the prevalence of the variables and estimate the odds ratios for depression and generalised anxiety disorder. Results By adjusting for age, sex, and income level, both problematic gaming and gambling significantly increased the odds of depression and anxiety by an average of three times. The prevalence of the co-occurrence of problematic gaming and gambling was 0.8%, and it did not elevate the odds of depression and anxiety compared to having either problematic gaming or gambling alone, which maintains the overall threefold increase of both depression and anxiety (p &lt; 0.05). Conclusions In the general adult population, the presence of problematic gaming and gambling indicates a higher likelihood for the individual burden of mental health problems due to the co-existence of depression or anxiety. Thus, the complexity of problematic gaming and gambling has to be taken into account when planning and implementing effective mental health interventions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

ISSN

0803-9488

e-ISSN

1502-4725

Volume of the periodical

79

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

297-302

UT code for WoS article

001473621400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105003254594