The importance of friends and family to recreational gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling

Mazar, Alissa; Williams, Robert J.; Stanek, Edward J.; Zorn, Martha; Volberg, Rachel A.

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5988-2

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“…A predictive variable of the BG and IGG subgroups was age at first gambling experience. As an individual gets older, low-risk gambling can develop into online and/or illegal casinos and adult gambling addiction [15,24]. This finding is supported by a report of Korean Center on Gambling Problems that higher school grades were associated with increased levels and risk of problem gambling [25].…”

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confidence: 78%

Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Kang¹,

Ha²,

Bang³

2020

Child Health Nurs Res

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Purpose: The number of Korean adolescents engaging in gambling is increasing, especially among out-of-school adolescents. This study aimed to identify patterns of gambling activities and factors related to specific subgroups of out-of-school adolescent gambling activities.Methods: This descriptive study analyzed secondary data from the 2015 Korea Youth Gambling Problem Survey, including 1,200 out-of-school adolescents. Latent class analysis was conducted to identify patterns of gambling activities. The factors related to gambling subgroups were verified with multinomial logistic regression.Results: Three latent classes of gambling activities were identified: rarely gambling (RG), immediate gain gambling (IGG), and broad gambling (BG). These subgroups differed significantly in terms of gender, age at and type of first gambling experience, number and type of gambling activities, gambling frequency, time and money spent on gambling, problem gambling severity, and motivation for gambling. Compared to the RG subgroup, both the IGG and BG subgroups were strongly associated with an older age at the first gambling experience.Conclusion: Out-of-school adolescents who first gambled at an older age and who gambled mainly in order to gain money immediately were at risk of problem gambling. Developing strategies for early screening and referral to professionals is necessary to prevent gambling problems from worsening.

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confidence: 78%

Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Kang¹,

Ha²,

Bang³

2020

Child Health Nurs Res

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“…However, some studies point to the importance of social networks for the occurrence of problem gambling (Reith & Dobbie, 2011). For example, having friends, family members, or co-workers who gamble is associated with problem gambling (Mazar, Williams, Stanek, Zorn, & Volberg, 2018;Public Health Agency of Sweden, 2013). Gambling industry employees are one group with a distinct presence of gambling in their workplaces.…”

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Gambling and gambling problem among elite athletes and their professional coaches: findings from a Swedish total population survey of participants in four sports

Vinberg

Durbeej

Rosendahl

2020

International Gambling Studies

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This study assessed the following among elite athletes and their coaches in Sweden: (i) prevalence of gambling and 'at risk for gambling problems' (PGSI 3+); and (ii) relations between 'at risk for gambling problems' and attitudes towards gambling, experiences of gambling, and individual and demographic factors. A total of 1438 athletes and 401 coaches, in four sports, completed an online survey. Overall, 2% of female athletes and 13% of male athletes were classified as being 'at risk for gambling problems'. Using an ordinal logistic regression, the results showed associations between 'at risk for gambling problems' and eight of the investigated variables: 'talk about gambling during training', 'coaches positive attitude towards gambling', 'gambling companies encourage gambling', 'I have gambled on own game', 'someone I know has gambled on their own game', 'gambling is important in the family', 'someone in my acquaintance have/had a gambling problem', 'alcohol consumption' among the athletes. Coaches of men's teams had a higher prevalence (7%) than did coaches of women's teams (3%). The findings suggest that the sports clubs should have greater knowledge about gambling problems as well as a communication strategy of their acquired knowledge to their athletes and coaches.

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“…In addition, the pattern of gambling behavior preferred by male adolescents, such as card games, casinos, lottery purchases, and online gambling, seems to have affected the gambling problem level. Particularly, the pattern of gambling behaviors of male adolescents was found to affect the low to moderate gambling severity level (Yellow light) [31,32]. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the causal relationship according to gender as a factor relating to the level of adolescent problem gambling in the future, and evidence-based prevention activities reflecting these factors are necessary.…”

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The Gambling Factors Related with the Level of Adolescent Problem Gambler

Kang

Kim

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the gambling factors related with the gambling problem level of adolescents to provide basic information for the prevention of adolescent gambling problems. The data was drawn from the 2015 Survey on Youth Gambling Problems of the Korea Center on Gambling Problems for Korean students in grades 7–11 (ages 13–17 years) and included 14,011 study subjects (average age 14.9 years, 52.5% male). The lifetime gambling behavior experience was 42.1%, and 24.2% had a gambling behavior experience within the past three months. The past three-month prevalence of problem gambling was 1.1%. The gambling factors related with the level of adolescent problem gambling include the presence of nearby gambling facilities, having personal relationships with people that gamble, a higher number of experienced gambling behaviors, male adolescents, and a greater amount of time spent gambling. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first report to identify gambling factors related with the level of adolescent problem gambling in Korean adolescents using national data. These findings suggest that gambling prevention efforts must consider not only access to individual adolescents as early intervention, but also environmental strategies such as accessibility regulations and alternative activities.

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The importance of friends and family to recreational gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling

Cited by 30 publications

References 55 publications

Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Gambling and gambling problem among elite athletes and their professional coaches: findings from a Swedish total population survey of participants in four sports

The Gambling Factors Related with the Level of Adolescent Problem Gambler

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