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Online Intervention to Promote Change and Help-Seeking in Young Adults With Gambling and Trading Problems

NCT06681103 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1112

Last updated 2026-01-30

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Summary

The goal of this study is to investigate if personalized online normative feedback (PONF) can increase intention to change and help-seeking behaviors in young adults with gambling or trading problems in Spain. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does PONF increase intention to change and help-seeking behaviors?
2. How does receiving PONF affect gambling and trading behaviors?

Researchers will compare three groups:

* Evaluation group: A control group with pre- and post-assessments.
* Delayed evaluation group: A control group with only a post-assessment, to control for the effect of the assessment.
* FNPO group: An intervention group receiving PONF after the initial evaluation and completing both pre- and post-assessments.

Participants will:

* Receive PONF or no feedback at the first evaluation.
* Complete initial and follow-up assessments after 12 weeks.

Conditions

  • Gambling Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Personalized Normative Feedback

Those participating in this condition will receive a personalised brief report which summarises the results of their initial assessment. The PONF will comprise the following elements: (1) Details of the main gambling and trading activities performed, including frequency of engagement and amount of money spent; (2) Scores on the criteria of pathological trading and/or PGSI (problem gambling), together with an interpretation of the results and the level of severity. All results will be accompanied by graphs enabling participants to compare their scores with the average scores of the Spanish population of the same sex and age range. To prevent an increase in behaviour in participants whose frequency or intensity of gambling/trading is below the norm, as recommended by Newall et al. (2023), the normative data will include extreme averages and percentages. All participants assigned to the PNF intervention receive identical feedback content, regardless of assessment sequencing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030, Spain

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
34 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-12-20
Primary Completion
2025-06-30
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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