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- Title
Gambling, violent behaviour and attitudes towards violence among adolescent gamblers in Finland.
- Authors
RÄSÄNEN, TIINA; LINTONEN, TOMI; RAISAMO, SUSANNA; RIMPELÄ, ARJA; KONU, ANNE
- Abstract
AIMS - The purpose of this population-based study was to explore the relationship between gambling and violent behaviour and attitudes towards violence among 14- and 16-year-old adolescents. DESIGN - A national survey was conducted in Finland in 2011. The main measures in our study were gambling frequency and number of reported gambling-related harms. Their associations with violent behaviours and attitudes towards violence were studied using multinomial logistic regression and negative binomial regression. RESULTS - 47.1% of adolescents had gambled during the past six months and 13.2% of them had experienced gambling-related harms. Both gambling frequency and the number of gambling-related harms were linked to violent behaviour as well as to positive attitudes towards violence. Adolescents who engaged in gambling on a daily basis and/ or experienced gambling harms had the highest risk. CONCLUSIONS - Health promotion efforts among gamblers should take into account their increased risk for violent behaviour.
- Subjects
GAMBLING -- Social aspects; AGGRESSION (Psychology); VIOLENCE &; society; POWER (Social sciences); GAMBLERS; ATTITUDE (Psychology)
- Publication
Nordic Studies on Alcohol & Drugs / Nordisk Alkohol- & Narkotikatidskrift, 2015, Vol 32, Issue 5, p465
- ISSN
1455-0725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/nsad-2015-0046