Gambling among adolescents

Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitati prevalenciju rizičnosti kockanja adolescenata, kao i razlike s obzirom na spol, dob i vrstu škole. Također, ispitao se i odnos nekih obilježja ličnosti (impulzivnost i neodgovornost i traženje uzbuđenja), rizičnog i delinkventnog ponašanja, kvalitete privrženosti prema roditeljima te kockanja njihovih roditelja i rizičnosti kockanja. Istraživanje je provedeno na adolescentima (N=282) triju srednjih škola u Belom Manastiru, raspon godina sudionika bio je od 14 do 19 godina. U istraživanju su korišteni podaci dobiveni samoiskazom sudionika na upitnicima: Upitnik kockarskih aktivnosti, Kanadski upitnik kockanja adolescenata (CAGI), Inventar privrženosti roditeljima i vršnjacima (IPPA), Inventar psihopatskih osobina mladih (YPI), Upitnik samoiskaza rizičnog i delinkventnog ponašanja (SRDP 2007) i Zuckerman – Kuhlman upitnik ličnosti (ZKPQ-50-CC). Rezultati su pokazali da se mladići značajno češće kockaju i rizičniji su kockari u odnosu na djevojke, kao i stariji adolescenti u odnosu na mlađe. Adolescenti koji pohađaju strukovnu školu značajno se razlikuju od onih koji pohađaju gimnaziju kada je riječ o rizičnosti kockanja, ali ne i kad je riječ o učestalosti kockanja. Rezultati su također pokazali da je problematično kockanje povezano s različitim oblicima rizičnog i delinkventnog ponašanja, impulzivnosti i neodgovornosti (ponašajnim aspektom psihopatije) te traženjem uzbuđenja. Opća privrženost roditeljima i kockanje roditelja nisu se pokazali kao zaštitni faktori, odnosno nije utvrđena statistički značajna negativna povezanost između problematičnog kockanja i privrženosti roditeljima te kockanja roditelja. The current study examined the prevalence rates and severity of gambling among adolescents, as well as differences considering gender, age and type of school. Also, it examined the association of some personality traits (impulsivity and irresponsability, and sensation seeking), risk and delinquent behaviour, parental attachment and parents gambling and gambling severity. Research was conducted in a adolescent sample (N=282), in three high schools in Beli Manastir, age range of participants was from 14 to 19. Self-report ratings of the following questionnaires were used throughout the research. Questionnaire of gambling activity, Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory (CAGI), Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI), Youth Self-Reported Delinquency and Risk Behaviour Questionnaire (SRDP 2007) and Zuckerman - Kuhlman Questionnaire Cross-Cultural 50-item version (ZKPQ-50-CC). It was found that boys gamble significantly more and they are riskier gamblers than girls, as well as older adolescents than younger. Adolescents who attend vocational school are riskier gamblers than adolescents who attend high school, but there are no differences in frequency of gambling between these two groups. Results also showed association between problematical gambling and risk and delinquent behavior, impulsivity and irresponsibility (behavioural aspect of psychopaty) and sensation seeking. Parental attachment and parents gambling were not showed as protective factors, they are not significantly statistical inversely related with problematical gambling.