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obtained. However, this meta-analysis complied with the most recent version of the Declaration of Helsinki. Results Study selection The searches yielded 212 citations. After
were shown to be the ones with the highest number of citations (see Supplementary material C ). Inclusion criteria Studies were considered eligible if the following criteria were met: (a) at least one of
article the in-text citations appeared in an incorrect order. Therefore, it was replaced with a corrected version on 8 December 2022 without modifying the scientific content. For more about the nature of the correction see the linked erratum: https
; Sagoe et al., 2021 ; Smith, Dunn, Harvey, Battersby, & Pols, 2013 ; Yakovenko et al., 2015 ), and of all studies included for synthesis. On included studies a citation search was conducted in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. We conducted two
citation search using the Web of Science cited reference function on four validation studies for gaming motivation questionnaires ( Demetrovics et al., 2011 ; Lafrenière et al., 2012 ; Yee, 2006a ; Yee et al., 2012 ). See Supplementary material A for
, 2013 ). The following coding categories were considered: (a) citation and year of publication; (b) sample size; (c) sample type (clinical vs non-clinical); (d) sex; (e) age; (f) study quality; (g) body mass index (BMI); (h) publication status (published
database literature search was finalized in March 2020. An additional search was performed by inspecting citations within publications identified as eligible to be included in this meta-analysis, as well as relevant review papers (e.g., Busch & McCarthy
. Furthermore, we conducted citations searches of all included studies and relevant reviews ( Brandtner et al., 2022 ; Busch & McCarthy, 2021 ; Sancho et al., 2018 ; Sun, 2022 ). To find studies in the grey literature (including conference abstracts), we
. Inclusion criteria and review process All citations were managed with Endnote reference management software. Each reference title and abstract was screened by the authors independently and discussed as a group for eligibility against the inclusion
search, whereby the first 10 pages (100 citations) from a Google search using the terms gambling, intervention, and treatment. We also searched targeted gambling websites and research repositories and consulted with gambling intervention experts. The
