Predictors of Problem Gambling in the U.S
| Autor: | William F. Wieczorek, John W. Welte, Marie-Cecile O. Tidwell, Grace M. Barnes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Sociology and Political Science Adolescent 030508 substance abuse 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking Sex Factors medicine Ethnicity Prevalence Humans Big Five personality traits Psychiatry General Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) Attendance Age Factors Religious denomination Middle Aged Health Surveys Self Concept United States 030227 psychiatry Disadvantaged Gambling Impulsive Behavior Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of gambling studies. 33(2) |
| ISSN: | 1573-3602 |
| Popis: | In this article we examine data from a national U.S. adult survey of gambling to determine correlates of problem gambling and discuss them in light of theories of the etiology of problem gambling. These include theories that focus on personality traits, irrational beliefs, anti-social tendencies, neighborhood influences and availability of gambling. Results show that males, persons in the 31-40 age range, blacks, and the least educated had the highest average problem gambling symptoms. Adults who lived in disadvantaged neighborhoods also had the most problem gambling symptoms. Those who attended religious services most often had the fewest problem gambling symptoms, regardless of religious denomination. Respondents who reported that it was most convenient for them to gamble had the highest average problem gambling symptoms, compared to those for whom gambling was less convenient. Likewise, adults with the personality traits of impulsiveness and depression had more problem gambling symptoms than those less impulsive or depressed. Respondents who had friends who approve of gambling had more problem gambling symptoms than those whose friends did not approve of gambling. The results for the demographic variables as well as for impulsiveness and religious attendance are consistent with an anti-social/impulsivist pathway to problem gambling. The results for depression are consistent with an emotionally vulnerable pathway to problem gambling. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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