Lopez-Gonzalez, Hibai http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1249-2623
Jimenez-Murcia, Susana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3596-8033
Rius-Buitrago, Alicia
Griffiths, Mark D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2017 BP 00035)
Spanish Union of Associations and Entities of Drug Dependencies ((101/2018/200/9))
Universitat de Barcelona
Article History
Accepted: 18 July 2021
First Online: 16 October 2021
Declarations
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: Hibai Lopez-Gonzalez and Alicia Rius-Buitrago were commissioned the report by the Spanish Union of Associations and Entities of Drug Dependencies (UNAD). This not-for-profit institution only set the general topic of the research (online gambling) and asked for a biopsychosocial approach to the research. UNAD did not interfere in the design of the study, the research questions, the analysis, or the publication of the results. These two authors are set to receive an honorarium for this work. Susana Jimenez-Murcia declares no competing interests. Mark D. Griffiths declares that he has received funding for a number of research projects in the area of gambling education for young people, social responsibility in gambling and gambling treatment from the Responsibility in Gambling Trust, a charitable body which funds its research program based on donations from the gambling industry. He also undertakes consultancy for various gaming companies in the area of social responsibility in gambling.
: The design of this study was reviewed and approved by the ethics committee of the first author’s institution (Ref: ETK-38/18–19). All participants signed consent forms and were informed about the concept of the study and their rights to abandon at any time without any repercussions to their treatment. Also, they were reassured about the anonymity of their responses and inform about the research members that will have access to the recording. Participants were compensated for their time with a set of earphones (~ €10). This study adheres to the guidelines of the EQUATOR Network to enhance the quality and transparency of health research. In particular, it follows the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) and complies with the 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups (Tong et al., CitationRef removed).