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- Title
Health/Functioning Characteristics, Gambling Behaviors, and Gambling-Related Motivations in Adolescents Stratified by Gambling Problem Severity: Findings from a High School Survey.
- Authors
Yip, Sarah W.; Desai, Rani A.; Steinberg, Marvin A.; Rugle, Loreen; Cavallo, Dana A.; Krishnan‐Sarin, Suchitra; Potenza, Marc N.
- Abstract
In adults, different levels of gambling problem severity are differentially associated with measures of health and general functioning, gambling behaviors, and gambling-related motivations. Here we present data from a survey of 2,484 Connecticut high school students, and investigate the data stratifying by gambling problem severity based on DSM-IV criteria for pathological gambling. Problem/pathological gambling was associated with a range of negative functions; for example, poor academic performance, substance use, dysphoria/depression, and aggression. These findings suggest a need for improved interventions related to adolescent gambling and a need for additional research into the relationship (eg, mediating factors) between gambling and risk and protective behaviors. (Am J Addict 2011;20:495-508)
- Subjects
GAMBLING; EDUCATIONAL surveys; SECONDARY education; SCHOOL children; HIGH school students
- Publication
American Journal on Addictions, 2011, Vol 20, Issue 6, p495
- ISSN
1055-0496
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00180.x