Does the lived experience of gambling accord with quantitative self-report scores of gambling-related harm?

Figures & data

Table 1. Characteristics for gamblers.

GHS-10 group	ID	GHS-10 score	PGSI score	Gender	Age
No harm	G1	0	0	M	50
	G10	0	0	M	73
	G11	0	0	M	59
	G12	0	0	F	43
	G20	0	0	M	32
	G21	0	0	M	40
	G30	0	0	F	37
Low harm	G2	2	0	F	67
	G3	2	0	F	73
	G9	2	0	M	73
	G22	1	0	F	49
	G23	1	0	F	63
	G24	1	2	F	36
	G25	2	2	M	33
	G26	1	1	F	36
Moderate harm	G5	4	1	F	39
	G6	5	5	F	71
	G13	4	8	M	48
	G16	4	8	M	31
	G18	3	5	M	52
	G19	5	6	M	55
	G27	3	1	M	58
High harm	G4	6	5	M	37
	G7	7	3	F	70
	G8	7	10	M	67
	G14	6	14	M	30
	G15	8	13	F	29
	G17	10	24	M	35
	G28	8	24	M	36
	G29	9	11	M	43

Table 2. Sub themes for each harm group.

Group	Sub themes
No harm	Gambling as just another leisure activity in financial terms
	A glue for maintaining and creating relationships
	A healthy leisure activity without emotional consequences or impact on work/study
Low harm	Gambling is still a way to build relationships
	Gambling is financially within budget, but the potential for regret appears
	Gambling can still bring emotional benefits, but also small regrets
Moderate harm	Gambling was still seen as something to bring them closer to other people
	Serious financial harms were experienced occasionally
	A range of negative emotional impacts (e.g. annoyed, guilty)
	Occasional health and work/study harms
High harm	Negative effects on finances (e.g. loss of all income, unwanted debt)
	Emotional strains caused by loss chasing
	Loss chasing affected their relationships with others
	Negative impacts on health experienced by a majority of this group
	Work/study affected for some high harm gamblers