Gambling disorder in adolescents: prevalence, new developments, and treatment challenges

Floros, Georgios

doi:10.2147/ahmt.s135423

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“…Generally, the correlates of problem gambling found in this study (sexual abuse victimisation, weekly alcohol use, male gender, breakup, bullying victimisation, being in a romantic relationship, parental divorce and being in a polygamous family) are consistent with evidence in the global literature (Derevensky et al 2011;Floros 2018;Grande-Gosende et al 2020;Hayer and Griffiths 2015;Lane et al 2016;Molinaro et al 2014;Shead et al 2011). Specifically, this study shows that regardless of gender, participants who reported sexual abuse victimisation were about three times more likely to experience problem gambling.…”

Section: Factors Associated With Problem Gamblingsupporting

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Adolescent Problem Gambling in Rural Ghana: Prevalence and Gender Differentiation

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Problem gambling among young people is now a public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the behaviour remains understudied, particularly, among rural-dwelling young people in countries within the subregion. We aimed to estimate the 12 months prevalence of problem gambling and to describe the overall and gender differences and commonalities in personal factors and social adversities associated with problem gambling among adolescents in rural Ghana. We conducted a cross-sectional survey involving a random sample of 1101 in-school adolescents aged 10–19 years in a rural district in Eastern Ghana; we used the DSM-IV-Multiple Response-Juvenile (DSM-IV-MR-J) questionnaire to assess problem gambling during the previous 12 months. Personal lifestyle and psychosocial variables were assessed using adopted items from the 2012 WHO–Global School-based Student Health Survey. Overall, three in 10 adolescents (3 in 10 females; 4 in 10 males) in rural Ghana reported problem gambling in the previous 12 months. Female adolescents who experienced problem gambling were more likely to report family-related social adversities, while adolescent male problem gambling was associated with school-related factors and interpersonal factors outside the family context. Regardless of gender, sexual abuse victimisation was associated with three times increase in the odds of experiencing problem gambling. Relative to the prevalence of gambling among adolescents in urban contexts in other countries within sub-Saharan Africa, the estimates of problem gambling among in-school rural adolescents in Ghana are higher. Although further studies are needed to understand the nuances of the behaviour, the evidence of this study underscores the need for general and targeted health promotion, intervention and prevention efforts to mitigate the family, school, and interpersonal social adversities associated with adolescent problem gambling in rural Ghana.

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Adolescent Problem Gambling in Rural Ghana: Prevalence and Gender Differentiation

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“…Research generally supports the concept of migration to monetary gambling, particularly in young people [80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88]. Micro-transactions within simulated gambling were identified as a potential predictor of migration [88].…”

Section: Video Gaming and Gamblingmentioning

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A Literature Review and Gap Analysis of Emerging Technologies and New Trends in Gambling

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There have been significant changes in the gambling landscape particularly relating to gambling in the digital age. As the gambling landscape changes, regulation of gambling also needs to change. In 2018, the Office of Responsible Gambling in New South Wales, Australia, commissioned a gap analysis to inform their research objectives and priority focus areas. This included an identification of gaps in our understanding of emerging technologies and new trends in gambling. A gap analysis of the peer-reviewed literature published since 2015 was undertaken, identifying 116 articles. The main area of focus was Internet gambling, followed by articles exploring the relationship between video gaming and gambling, the expansion of the sports betting market, Electronic Gambling Machines characteristics and articles exploring new technologies and trends in advertising and inducements. Key gaps related to the need for more research in general, as well as research focusing on subpopulations such as those using different gambling formats, those with varying levels of problem gambling, and vulnerable populations. From a methods perspective, researchers saw the need for longitudinal studies, more qualitative research and improved outcome measures. The development and testing of a public health approach to addressing the harms associated with gambling in these areas is needed.

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“…Internationally, adolescent gambling is investigated in numerous papers (for reviews see Blinn-Pike et al 2010;Calado et al 2017) and research has grown considerably over the past two decades (Derevensky and Gilbeau 2015). Research has tended to be quantitative, focusing on the prevalence, correlates and risk factors of gambling (Blinn-Pike et al 2010;Floros 2018). Rarely, attention has been devoted to the time trends of gambling among the adolescent population (Jacobs 2000;Stinchfield 2011).…”

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Adolescent Gambling, Gambling Expenditure and Gambling–Related Harms in Finland, 2011–2017

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Existing literature on recent trends in adolescent gambling is scarce. The rapidly changing landscape of gambling, together with the generally applied legal age limits, calls for the continuous monitoring of gambling also among the adolescent population. In Finland, the legal gambling age is 18. We examined changes in adolescents’ gambling, gambling expenditure and gambling–related harms from 2011 to 2017. Comparable cross-sectional biennial survey data were collected in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 among 12–18-year-olds (N = 18,857). The main measures were self-reported six-month gambling, average weekly gambling expenditure (€) and harms due to gambling. Data were analyzed using cross-tabulations, χ2-tests and linear regression analysis. A significant decline in gambling among minors (aged 12–16-year-olds) was found (β = − 0.253), while no significant changes were observed among 18-year-olds (who are not targeted by the law). The mean gambling expenditure also declined from 2011 to 2017. Adolescent gamblers experienced significantly less (p = .003) gambling–related harms in 2017 (7.4%) compared to 2011 (13.5%). Adolescent gambling and its related negative consequences have become less prevalent in Finland between 2011 and 2017. Further monitoring is necessary to ascertain whether the positive direction will continue. Also, empirical analyses providing evidence of reasons for the observed trend are warranted.

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Gambling disorder in adolescents: prevalence, new developments, and treatment challenges

Cited by 34 publications

References 67 publications

Adolescent Problem Gambling in Rural Ghana: Prevalence and Gender Differentiation

Adolescent Problem Gambling in Rural Ghana: Prevalence and Gender Differentiation

A Literature Review and Gap Analysis of Emerging Technologies and New Trends in Gambling

Adolescent Gambling, Gambling Expenditure and Gambling–Related Harms in Finland, 2011–2017

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