Illegal Internet Gambling: Problems, Risk factors, and Prevention strategies

Kwon, Sun Jung; Seong, Han Gee; Heon, Kim Kyo; 강성군,; MinKyuRhee,

doi:10.17315/kjhp.2007.12.1.001

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“…Gambling behavior and problems related to gambling are developed through access and exposure to gambling [11], either directly [12] or indirectly, via irrational beliefs or attitudes toward gambling [10,[13][14][15][16][17]. In this context, online game speculative experience indirectly provides game users with an experience similar to gambling, promoting gambling behavior or causing problem gambling in the future by playing the role of a gateway to gambling problems or increasing irrational beliefs, curiosity, and receptive attitudes toward gambling [18][19][20]. Based on previous study findings, online game speculative experience may therefore be considered a starting point and a strong predictor of problem gambling.…”

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Online Game Speculative Experiences and Problem Gambling among Adolescents in South Korea: Dual Mediation Effects of Irrational Beliefs and Gambling Attitude

Lee

2023

Healthcare

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This study aimed to test the effect of online gaming speculative experiences on problem gambling via irrational beliefs in and attitudes toward gambling. Data were obtained from the Korea Center on Gambling Problems, and participants comprised 386 adolescents (female 168, male 218) who currently play online games and have experience with betting games or gambling. The main findings are that (i) online game speculative experience positively influenced gambling attitude (B = 0.172, p < 0.001); (ii) online game speculative experience positively influenced irrational beliefs (B = 0.194, p < 0.001); (iii) online game speculative experience (B = 0.140, p < 0.001), gambling attitude (B = 0.294, p < 0.01), and irrational beliefs (B = 0.689, p < 0.001) was positively correlated with problem gambling. Also, the mediation effect was statistically significant. Policy and practical measures to assess the impact of gaming facilitating speculative experience and for intervening in gambling problems in adolescents are discussed. The results suggest the need to screen, educate, and provide short-term interventions to adolescents with online game speculative experience. Strict assessments, regulation, and surveillance of speculative elements can preserve online gaming as a healthy play culture for the adolescents.

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Online Game Speculative Experiences and Problem Gambling among Adolescents in South Korea: Dual Mediation Effects of Irrational Beliefs and Gambling Attitude

Lee

2023

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Predictors of Gambling Behavior among High School Students

Park

Jung

2011

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate personal, family, and community factors that affect gambling behavior of high school students. Methods: The participants were 564 students from 7 high schools. Data were obtained from these participants between July 6 and July 20, 2011 by using self-report questionnaires. The data were analyzed using the PASW 18.0 program. Results: Of the participants, 88.8% were in the non-gambling group, 11.2% in the risk for gambling group. Significant factors related to gambling behavior were 7 personal factors: alcohol consumption, suicidal ideation, experience of being a runway, irrational gambling beliefs, risk taking, stress, and self-control; 4 family factors: parental alcohol abuse, mother who gamble, sibling who gamble, and parental monitoring; and 2 community factors: peer who gamble and number of gambling peer. Conclusion: The outcomes of this study indicate that in order to decrease high school students' gambling behavior, it is necessary to design intervention programs that managing personal, family, and community factors of gambling behavior.

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Structural Analysis of Low Level Gambling Behavior in College Students

Park

Jung

2015

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs

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Purpose: In this study the fitness of a path model was examined for relationships among loneliness, motives for gambling, gambling risk factor, self-efficacy to control gambling, and low level gambling behavior in college students. Methods: Participants were 410 college students selected from 4 universities and data collection was done between September 22 and October 24, 2014 using self-report questionnaires. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 20.0 programs. Results: Motives for gambling, self-efficacy to control gambling, directly affected college students' low level gambling behavior, while loneliness, gambling risk factor, gambling motives affected it indirectly. This study also showed that the modified path model is efficient and appropriate to analyze college students' low level gambling behavior. Conclusion: These results suggest that college students' low level gambling behavior can be decreased by reducing loneliness, gambling motives, gambling risk factor and increasing self-efficacy to control gambling. Thus, in order to prevent college students' low level gambling behavior, there is a need to design an intervention program which focuses on reducing loneliness, gambling motives, gambling risk factor, and on reinforcing self-efficacy to control gambling. 서 론1. 연구의 필요성 최근 사행산업을 이용하는 인구는 지속적으로 증가하고 있 으며[1], 합법 사행사업의 범위와 규모도 확대되어 가고 있어 [2] 개인과 사회에 미치는 부정적 영향이 지대하며, 특히 대학 생의 도박문제에 대한 관심이 증대되고 있다. 미국의 경우 대 학생의 87%가 도박을 한 경험이 있으며[3], 국내의 경우도 대 학생의 94.6%가 도박을 한 경험이 있는 것으로 보고[4]되는 등 대학생의 도박행동의 수위가 갑자기 올라가고 있어[5], 대 학생의 도박행동 관련 연구와 적극적인 개입이 필요함을 알 수 있다. 대학생의 경우 성인기로 이행되면서 도박의 종류 중 심각한 위기에 빠질 수 있는 사행성 도박에 합법적인 접근이 가능하 여[3,6-8], 중 ․ 고등학생에 비해 보다 높은 위험에 처해 있다고 ⓒ 2015 The Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

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Illegal Internet Gambling: Problems, Risk factors, and Prevention strategies

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Online Game Speculative Experiences and Problem Gambling among Adolescents in South Korea: Dual Mediation Effects of Irrational Beliefs and Gambling Attitude

Online Game Speculative Experiences and Problem Gambling among Adolescents in South Korea: Dual Mediation Effects of Irrational Beliefs and Gambling Attitude

Predictors of Gambling Behavior among High School Students

Structural Analysis of Low Level Gambling Behavior in College Students

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