Potential Causal Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Disordered Gambling: Evidence From a Multilevel Discordant Twin Design

Wendy S Slutske; Thomas M Piasecki; Arielle R Deutsch; Dixie J Statham; Nicholas G Martin

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Potential Causal Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Disordered Gambling: Evidence From a Multilevel Discordant Twin Design

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Potential Causal Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Disordered Gambling: Evidence From a Multilevel Discordant Twin Design

Wendy S Slutske, Thomas M Piasecki, Arielle R Deutsch, Dixie J Statham and Nicholas G Martin

Clinical Psychological Science, Vol.7(3), pp.582-596

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702618812700

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gambling disorder

discordant twins

neighborhood disadvantage

UniSC Diversity Area - Disability and Inclusion

The quality of the neighborhood in which one lives has been linked to disordered gambling (DG), but whether this reflects a causal relation has not yet been empirically examined. Participants were 3,450 Australian twins who completed assessments of past-year DG and personality and for whom census-derived indicators of disadvantage were used to characterize their neighborhood. Multilevel models were employed to estimate within-twin-pair and between-twin-pair effects of neighborhood disadvantage on DG, with the within-twin-pair effect representing a potentially causal association and the between-twin-pair effect representing a noncausal association. There was robust evidence for a potentially causal (as well as a noncausal) effect of neighborhood disadvantage on DG; in contrast, parallel analyses of past-year alcohol-use disorder (AUD) failed to find evidence of a potentially causal effect. These results support efforts focused on identifying the active ingredients contributing to the effect of neighborhood disadvantage on DG and developing interventions to limit their impact.

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Title: Potential Causal Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Disordered Gambling: Evidence From a Multilevel Discordant Twin Design
Authors: Wendy S Slutske (Author) - University of Missouri, United States
Thomas M Piasecki (Author) - University of Missouri, United States
Arielle R Deutsch (Author) - University of South Dakota, United States
Dixie J Statham (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - School of Social Sciences
Nicholas G Martin (Author) - QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Publication details: Clinical Psychological Science, Vol.7(3), pp.582-596
Publisher: Sage Publications Inc.
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.1177/2167702618812700
ISSN: 2167-7026
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451125202621
Output Type: Journal article

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