Heli Hagfors

Latest publications

• The Internet of problem gambling: A mixed-methods study of the role of Internet-enabled risk factors among Finnish adults

  Soares Mantere, E., Savolainen, I., Vuorinen, I., Hagfors, H., Palomäki, J. & Oksanen, A., May 2026, In: New Media and Society. 28, 5, p. 2275-2296 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• A longitudinal study on the effects of materialism and mental health on gambling problems in Finland

  Vuorinen, I., Hagfors, H., Savolainen, I. & Oksanen, A., 2025, In: International Gambling Studies. 25, 2, p. 257-268

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Does being close to someone with gambling problems predict harm? An eight-wave longitudinal study

  Hautamäki, S., Savolainen, I., Kauppila, E., Vuorinen, I., Hagfors, H. & Oksanen, A., Nov 2025, In: Addictive Behaviors. 170, 108416.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Lonely gamble: A longitudinal study of loneliness, gambling to escape and problem gambling

  Hagfors, H., Kaakinen, M., Savolainen, I., Vepsäläinen, J. & Oksanen, A., Jul 2025, In: Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 14, 2, p. 972-981 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Predictors of medical and non-medical motives of cannabis use in Finland: A cross-sectional survey study

  Hupli, A., Unlu, A., Hagfors, H. & Jylkkä, J., 16 May 2025, In: iScience. 28, 5, 112503.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Raha- ja digipeliongelmat ilmentävät ihmisten yleisempiä tarpeita

  Vuorinen, I., Jouhki, H. & Hagfors, H., 18 Dec 2025, In: Alusta!.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public

• Trends in attitudes towards gambling among Finnish women and men: Cross-sectional population studies 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023

  Grönroos, T., Hagfors, H., Kontto, J., Latvala, T. A. & Salonen, A. H., Apr 2025, In: NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 42, 2, p. 168-183 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Why Do We Gamble? An integrative approach to gambling motives and problem gambling

  Hagfors, H., 2025, Tampere: Tampere University. 146 p. (Tampere University Dissertations - Tampereen yliopiston väitöskirjat; vol. 1310)

  Research output: Book/Report › Doctoral thesis › Collection of Articles

• A world divided: Investors and gamblers meet at the blockchains

  Mantere, E. S., Savolainen, I., Vuorinen, I., Hagfors, H. & Oksanen, A., 2 Sept 2024, Advances in Blockchain Research and Cryptocurrency Behaviour. Strong, C., Martin, B. & Chrysochou, P. (eds.). De Gruyter, p. 313-332 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Colliding harms of gambling and gaming: A four-wave longitudinal population study of at-risk gambling and gaming in Finland

  Oksanen, A., Vuorinen, I., Hagfors, H., Mantere, E. S. & Savolainen, I., 2024, In: NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 41, 5, p. 474-490

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review