Moderators of a brief gambling intervention
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[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of four moderators (gender, gambling refusal self-efficacy, coping motivation, and sensation seeking) on the relationship between treatment condition of a Brief Motivational Intervention and gambling behaviors. Method: Data was collected on 333 college students from a Midwest public university who endorsed at risk gambling behaviors. Students were part of a randomized control trial examining the effectiveness of a personalized feedback only intervention (Martens, Arterberry, & Takamatsu, 2015). Results: Finding indicated that inconsistent with the hypothesis, the intervention was equally as effective for women and men. The three other hypothesized moderator variables impacted the relationship between treatment condition and days gambled, but not for problems experienced. Specifically, the relationship between treatment condition and gambling days was stronger for those who were higher on refusal self-efficacy and lower on coping motivation and sensation seeking. Conclusions: These findings suggest that BMIs may be enhanced by including individual characteristics that may put a particular individual at more risk for more frequent gambling.
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