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- Title
Problem Gambling and the Youth-to-Adulthood Transition: Assessing Problem Gambling Severity Trajectories in a Sample of Young Adults.
- Authors
Edgerton, Jason; Melnyk, Timothy; Roberts, Lance; Edgerton, Jason D; Melnyk, Timothy S; Roberts, Lance W
- Abstract
In this study, using four wave longitudinal data, we examined problem gambling severity trajectories in a sample of young adults. Using latent growth curve modeling, we examined how initial level of problem gambling severity and the rate of change were affected by 11 time-invariant predictors: gender, age of onset of gambling, experiencing a big win early in gambling career, experiencing a big loss early in gambling career, alcohol dependence, drug dependence, anxiety, depression, perceived social support, illusion of control, and impulsiveness. Five of the eleven predictors affected initial levels of problem gambling severity; however only impulsiveness affected the rate of change across time. The mean trajectory was negative (lessening of problem gambling risk severity across time), but there was significant inter-individual variation in trajectories and initial levels of problem gambling severity. The main finding of problem gambling risk diminishing over time challenges the conventional picture of problem gambling as an inevitable "downward spiral," at least among young adults, and suggests that targeted prevention campaigns may be a cost-effective alternative for reaching treatment resistant youth.
- Subjects
CANADA; COMPULSIVE gambling; PSYCHOLOGY of adults; GROWTH curves (Statistics); AGE factors in disease; PREDICTION (Psychology); GAMBLING &; psychology; SUBSTANCE abuse &; psychology; ATTITUDE (Psychology); MENTAL depression; GAMBLING; GROUP identity; INTERNET; LOCUS of control; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE abuse; COMORBIDITY; SOCIAL support
- Publication
Journal of Gambling Studies, 2015, Vol 31, Issue 4, p1463
- ISSN
1050-5350
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10899-014-9501-2