Behavioral Risks, Harms and Correlates of Sports Betting among young adults: Short and Long-term Associations from Bi-weekly Repeated Assessments

Behavioral Risks, Harms and Correlates of Sports Betting among young adults: Short and Long-term Associations from Bi-weekly Repeated Assessments
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Awarded $172,273 in 2023
Principal Investigator: Scott Graupensperger, PhD, University of Washington

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Despite strong evidence of the risks/harms associated with traditional gambling, far less is known about novel sports betting behaviors, which is a major gap in the gambling literature that the proposed research will address. This study will entail collecting longitudinal bi-weekly data (every other week for 1 year) from young adults that report past-month sports betting at baseline (N=200) to examine both short- and long-term harms, risks, and correlates of sports betting. In particular, the study will examine the prospective direction of associations with substance use (i.e., alcohol, cannabis) and mental health indices (e.g., depression/anxiety symptoms, suicidal ideation).

This project is supported by a grant from Bally’s Corporation.

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