Mental Health and Gambling in Urban Female Adolescents

Martins, Sílvia S.; Storr, Carla L.; Ialongo, Nicholas S.; Chilcoat, Howard D.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.12.008

Cited by 16 publications

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“…Low performance or school drop-out (15,17,36,38,48) Bdo abandonoenho escolar.gais); ullying (18,36) Discrimination and racism experience that led to major emotional suffering (19,49) To belong to social-economic class D or E (12) University application processes as a stressful event (Vestibular) (30) Social pressure from partners and academic life (37) 22.6…”

Section: School Relatedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review

Pinto

Luna

Sivla

et al. 2014

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Objective: To identify the risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents. Method: An integrative review was conducted in four databases with publications from 2007 to 2013. The terms Adolescent and Mental Health were used to search adequate articles as DeCs/MeSH bases. Results: Publications were found in different journals in different fields of knowledge and the quantitative research was the most frequent. The mental health issues were categorized as individual factors; drug related factors, school factors, family factors, social factors and STDs/Aids related factors. The most addressed category was individual factors, with 23 publications. Conclusion: The integrative review allowed to point important questions to be addressed in preventive actions by the health professional, including the nurse, to create a space that works with risk conditioning factors in adolescents for mental health aggravation.

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Section: School Relatedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review

Pinto

Luna

Sivla

et al. 2014

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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“…The journals in which the 103 quantitative studies were published were noted to reflect the degree of multidisciplinary interest in this topic. Forty-four (43%) studies were published in gambling journals, 26 (25%) in addictionrelated journals, 14 (12%) dealt with chemical/substanceabuse, seven (10%) journals were adolescent or youth focused [8,[33][34][35][36][37][38], six (6%) were medical or health-related [11,[39][40][41][42]156], three (3%) were contained in criminology journals [43][44][45], two (2%) were published in prevention journals [23,46], and one in a journal related to social welfare [47].…”

Section: Ann Am Acad Polit Soc Scimentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescent Gambling: A Review of an Emerging Field of Research

Blinn‐Pike¹,

Worthy²,

Jonkman³

2010

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…Young people are also increasingly being considered at risk for gambling problems in Canada and elsewhere (Martins et al 2007, Delfabbro et al 2006, Pietrzak & Petry 2006, Jacobs 2004, Oei & Raylu 2004, Clarke 2003, Clarke & Rossen 2000, Poulin 2000. Canadian studies indicate that like adults, youth gamble often, however a larger proportion may be at risk of experiencing gambling problems.…”

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Neighbourhood contexts and opportunities for youth gambling in Montréal, Québec

Wilson¹

2005

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Gambling has become an increasingly accessible and acceptable form of entertainment in North America and worldwide in recent decades. Legalized gambling activities in Canada generate annual governmental revenues that totalled 12.9$ billion dollars in 2005 and estimates indicate that over 70 percent of the adult population and nearly as many young people participate in some form of gambling in a given year. Beyond a source of entertainment and governmental revenue, gambling is an emerging public health issue at the centre of numerous social and health costs including suicide, depression, criminal and delinquent behaviour, domestic violence, family dysfunction, financial troubles, and increased risk of developing multiple addictions.Video lottery terminals (VLTs) are among the most popular and controversial gambling activities in Quebec and Canada. The increased availability and popularity of gambling activities like VLTs is cause for concern given high rates of gambling among vulnerable youth populations and what is known about the links between excessive gambling and serious social and health consequences. Gambling research has traditionally focused on identifying individual factors that influence gambling behaviours, like personal decision-making, impulsivity and self-control.This dissertation employs conceptual themes from health geography and population health to frame gambling as a behaviour best understood through a consideration of both individual characteristics and characteristics of surrounding social and physical environments. A mixed methods approach was adopted to explore individual and environmental factors of neighbourhoods that influence youth VLT gambling. Four research objectives were addressed: 1) to describe the socio-spatial distribution of gambling opportunities surrounding high schools in Montreal; 2) to model VLT use by youth in Montreal as a function of individual and social contextual characteristics (including VLT accessibility); 3) to develop an in-depth understanding of why youth gamble; and 4) to develop an understanding of the social norms that are supportive of youth gambling.Assessment of the distribution of VLT gambling opportunities (n=400) high school locations (n=305) and neighbourhood socio-economic conditions within the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area revealed VLT opportunities were more abundant in economically disadvantaged and inner-city school neighbourhoods. A student survey (n=2672) in Montreal and geographic data of VLT locations and socio-economic conditions of school neighbourhoods demonstrated that the majority (60%) of youth reported gambling in the past year and nearly one tenth reported gambling weekly. Twelve percent of students reported playing VLTs and one in three students reported VLT use by friends. Students most often reported gambling for fun, money, entertainment and excitement. Logistic regression models of VLT use showed male sex, engaging in other risky behaviours (particularly marijuana use), II attendance at schools where gambling is prev...

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Mental Health and Gambling in Urban Female Adolescents

Cited by 16 publications

References 8 publications

Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review

Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review

Adolescent Gambling: A Review of an Emerging Field of Research

Neighbourhood contexts and opportunities for youth gambling in Montréal, Québec

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