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A Longitudinal Analysis of Gambling Predictors among Adolescents
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 17, Issue 24, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 9266, p 9266 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020.
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Abstract
- Although gambling is forbidden for minors, the prevalence of gambling among adolescents is increasing. In order to improve preventive interventions, more evidence on predictors of gambling onset is needed. A longitudinal study was proposed to (1) establish the prevalence of gambling<br />(2) identify factors associated with gambling behavior the following year<br />and (3) adjust a model to predict gambling behavior. A cohort of 1074 students (13&ndash<br />18 years old) was followed for 12 months. The prevalence of gambling reached 42.0% in the second measure. Boys gambled 2.7 times more than girls, and the highest percentages of gambling onset showed up between 13 and 14 years old. Gambling onset and maintenance was associated with gender, age, sensation-seeking, risk perception, self-efficacy for not gambling, parents&rsquo<br />attitude towards gambling, group pressure (friends), subjective norm, exposure to advertising, accessibility, normative perception, gambling in T1 and parents gambling behavior. Gender, gambling in T1 and risk perception were significant in all three logistic adjusted regression models, with the fourth variable being sensation seeking, peer pressure (friends) and accessibility, respectively. It is suggested that universal prevention should be aimed preferably at children under 15 years old and to alert regulators and public administrations to the directly proportional relationship between accessibility and gambling onset.
- Subjects :
- Male
Longitudinal study
Adolescent
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
media_common.quotation_subject
030508 substance abuse
lcsh:Medicine
Friends
generalized linear model (GLM)
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Perception
Sensation seeking
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Peer pressure
Risk factor
Students
media_common
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
030227 psychiatry
Risk perception
gambling
risk factor
Adolescent Behavior
Cohort
Normative
Female
adolescence
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ecfca4845daab0a112fcfd70ef414bca
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249266