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Examining the impact of mobile gambling harm minimisation features: a dualistic model of passion perspective

Whelan, Eoin; Morvannou, Adèle; Ma, Xiao; James, Richard; Clohessy, Trevor; Turel, Ofir

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Authors

Eoin Whelan

Adèle Morvannou

Xiao Ma

Trevor Clohessy

Ofir Turel



Abstract

Driven by the ubiquity of smartphones, sports gambling has intensified globally. Most mobile gambling apps are mandated to offer harm minimisation features which are IT tools designed to help prevent harmful gambling activity. Existing research on the effectiveness of gambling harm minimisation features often overlooks the fact that individuals engage with multiple IT tools to varying extents to achieve a single goal. As an initial step, and to reflect actual user engagement, we conduct an exploratory factor analysis on a range of opt-in harm minimisation features. Next, aligned with the dualistic model of passion, we theorise and empirical test how direct and indirect harm minimisation features moderate the translation of different passions for mobile gambling into the well-being outcome of subjective vitality. Our findings suggest that indirect harm minimisation features, but not direct features, are effective in protecting the well-being of obsessively passionate mobile gamblers. For harmoniously passionate mobile gamblers, the opposite situation holds – direct harm minimisation features strengthen the effect of a harmonious passion on vitality whereas indirect features have no significant effect

Citation

Whelan, E., Morvannou, A., Ma, X., James, R., Clohessy, T., & Turel, O. (2024). Examining the impact of mobile gambling harm minimisation features: a dualistic model of passion perspective. European Journal of Information Systems, https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2024.2396964

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 21, 2024
Online Publication Date Sep 5, 2024
Publication Date Sep 5, 2024
Deposit Date Nov 6, 2024
Publicly Available Date Nov 7, 2024
Journal European Journal of Information Systems
Print ISSN 0960-085X
Electronic ISSN 1476-9344
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/0960085X.2024.2396964
Keywords Mobile gambling; responsible gambling; harm minimisation; passion; well-being
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/39712080
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0960085X.2024.2396964#abstract

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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.





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