CMNS-125-SD1 91678

Annotated Bibliography
Amrit Athwal 300206190

Research Topic:

The negative Issues of Gambling

Title of Peer Reviewed Article:

Citation:

Bristow, L. A., Afifi, T. O., Salmon, S., & Katz, L. Y. (2022). Risky Gambling Behaviors:

Associations with Mental Health and a History of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

Journal of Gambling Studies, 38(3), 699–716.

https://doiorg.proxy.ufv.ca:2443/10.1007/s10899-021-10040-3

In text Citation:

(Bristow, Afifi, Salmon, and Katz, 2022)

CRAAP Test:

Current

Yes. It was published within the past 5 years (2022).

Relevance

Yes. Gambling and mental health is a popular topic of discussion.

Authority

Yes, the research was done by the Department of Community Health Sciences and

Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Canada.

Accuracy

Yes. The article was peer-reviewed and had proper in-text citations and references.
Purpose

Yes. The article makes a strong case regarding the negative impacts of gambling on mental
health.

Annotated Bibliography Questions:

1) What is the article about? What did the researcher(s) set out to study?

The article is about the risky gambling behaviours, their links with mental health, and

adverse childhood experiences.

2) Who is the researcher(s) questioning?

The researchers were questioning parent population, parents and caregivers of

adolescents.

3) What is the researcher(s) trying to understand better?

The researchers were trying to understand how different adverse childhood

experiences (ACEs) contribute to varying levels of gambling severity.

4) What research methodology/style did the researcher(s) use? (How did the

researcher(s) gather data?)

The researchers examined problem gambling using an adaptive version of Canadian

Problem Gambling Index (CPGI) with a ten-question questionnaire (qualitative) as

well as used secondary data from Well-Being (WE) Study, which is a quantitative

data collection survey.

 5) What were the results? Was this research surprising to you?

The research pointed out that except for household mental illness, for the other

household challenge, all unadjusted models When compared to non-gamblers, ACEs

exhibited significant connections indicating an increased possibility of being an at-

risk/problem gambler. Significant differences among gambling types were noted for

all sociodemographic factors except age and There were no significant interaction

effects for any child maltreatment ACEs or peer victimization with mental health and

well-being for any gambling type, which was really surprising to me.

Full Annotation:

Gambling and its connection with mental health has always been a popular topic of

discussion. Therefore, I chose this peer-reviewed article by Bristow, Afifi, Salmon, and Katz

(2022). Through this article the researchers set out to find about the risky gambling

behaviours, their links with mental health, and adverse childhood experiences. The

researchers were questioning parent population, parents and caregivers of adolescents.

They were trying to understand how different adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)

contribute to varying levels of gambling severity. The researchers examined problem

gambling using an adaptive version of Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI) with a ten-

question survey which is a qualitative method, as well as utilized secondary data from the

larger Well-Being and Experiences (WE) Study which is a quantitative data collection survey.
The research pointed out that except for household mental illness, for the other household

challenge, all unadjusted models When compared to non-gamblers, ACEs exhibited

significant connections indicating an increased possibility of being an at-risk/problem

gambler. Significant differences among gambling types were noted for all sociodemographic

factors except age and There were no significant interaction effects for any child

maltreatment ACEs or peer victimization with mental health and well-being for any

gambling type, which was really surprising to me. I found this article quite interesting and

helpful. The detailed statistics really amazed me and provided me a better overview on the

topic.