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Adolescent gambling and drug use
Author(s) -
Griffiths Mark,
Sutherland Ian
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199811/12)8:6<423::aid-casp499>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - psychology , psychiatry , lottery , clinical psychology , drug , mathematics , statistics
In this study, 4516 adolescents (aged 11–16 years) completed a questionnaire examining the relationship between underage National Lottery gambling, underage scratchcard gambling, cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol and drug use. It was found that these behaviours were closely linked. Adolescent gamblers reported that they were significantly more likely to drink alcohol (particularly ‘alcopops’), smoke tobacco and take drugs compared to non‐gamblers. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.