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Health/Functioning Characteristics, Gambling Behaviors, and Gambling‐Related Motivations in Adolescents Stratified by Gambling Problem Severity: Findings from a High School Survey
Author(s) -
Yip Sarah W.,
Desai Rani A.,
Steinberg Marvin A.,
Rugle Loreen,
Cavallo Dana A.,
KrishnanSarin Suchitra,
Potenza Marc N.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00180.x
Subject(s) - psychology , dysphoria , clinical psychology , psychological intervention , depression (economics) , aggression , substance use , impulse control disorder , gambling disorder , psychiatry , pathological , addiction , anxiety , medicine , economics , macroeconomics , pathology
In adults, different levels of gambling problem severity are differentially associated with measures of health and general functioning, gambling behaviors, and gambling‐related motivations. Here we present data from a survey of 2,484 Connecticut high school students, and investigate the data stratifying by gambling problem severity based on DSM‐IV criteria for pathological gambling. Problem/pathological gambling was associated with a range of negative functions; for example, poor academic performance, substance use, dysphoria/depression, and aggression. These findings suggest a need for improved interventions related to adolescent gambling and a need for additional research into the relationship (eg, mediating factors) between gambling and risk and protective behaviors . (Am J Addict 2011;20:495–508)