Fun, Friend, or Foe: Youth Perceptions and Definitions of Online Gambling

Hume, Margee; Mort, Gillian Sullivan

doi:10.1080/15245004.2010.546939

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“…Out-of-school adolescents are reported to have easier access to games [3], and the boundaries between internet games and gambling have become blurred in recent years. Increased access to gambling among adolescents has stimulated hopes and expectations that they could win money, without recognizing the harmfulness of gambling; this dynamic heightens the risk of problem gambling and negative phenomena such as engaging in illegal gambling [7].…”

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Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Kang¹,

Ha²,

Bang³

2020

Child Health Nurs Res

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Purpose: The number of Korean adolescents engaging in gambling is increasing, especially among out-of-school adolescents. This study aimed to identify patterns of gambling activities and factors related to specific subgroups of out-of-school adolescent gambling activities.Methods: This descriptive study analyzed secondary data from the 2015 Korea Youth Gambling Problem Survey, including 1,200 out-of-school adolescents. Latent class analysis was conducted to identify patterns of gambling activities. The factors related to gambling subgroups were verified with multinomial logistic regression.Results: Three latent classes of gambling activities were identified: rarely gambling (RG), immediate gain gambling (IGG), and broad gambling (BG). These subgroups differed significantly in terms of gender, age at and type of first gambling experience, number and type of gambling activities, gambling frequency, time and money spent on gambling, problem gambling severity, and motivation for gambling. Compared to the RG subgroup, both the IGG and BG subgroups were strongly associated with an older age at the first gambling experience.Conclusion: Out-of-school adolescents who first gambled at an older age and who gambled mainly in order to gain money immediately were at risk of problem gambling. Developing strategies for early screening and referral to professionals is necessary to prevent gambling problems from worsening.

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Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Kang¹,

Ha²,

Bang³

2020

Child Health Nurs Res

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“…Many young people already believe gambling involves skill with possibilities to improve (Hume & Mort, 2011) and free online gambling may cement this belief, given the disproportionately high payout rates. Many free poker sites stress the educational value of their games, but the warnings related to gambling as a risky, potentially harmful activity are not provided.…”

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Gambling and Video Game Playing Among Youth

McBride

Derevensky

2017

JGI

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Gambling and video game playing represent two leisure activities in which adolescents and young adults participate. There are psychological and behavioural parallels between slot machine gambling and video arcade game playing. Because both activities have similar negative effects associated with excessive play (e.g., poor academic performance, moodiness, loss of interest in activities previously enjoyed, interpersonal conflict) there is concern that children and adolescents who are attracted to video games, for both psychological rewards and the challenge, may be at greater risk to gamble. The current research examined the gambling (land-based, online for money, and free online gambling games), video game, and Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG) playing behaviour in adolescents and young adults to determine shared risk factors and negative consequences for excessive play. These factors include depression, personality characteristics (i.e., impulsivity and extraversion), and outcome expectancies.Results indicate that gamblers, relative to non-gamblers, were more likely to play video games. Video game players were more likely than non-players to gamble offline and report playing free online gambling games. Problem gamblers had higher rates of video game playing than non-gamblers and addicted gamers had higher rates of land-based gambling than nongamers. In addition, MMORPG players, relative to non-players, were more likely to have participated in online gambling activities, gambled offline, and played free online gambling games. There were no significant differences among the three gambling groups for depression, however addicted gamers had significantly higher depression scores than both social and non-

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“…In particular, adolescents who gamble at the problem level are seeking the dramatic fun of winning, so they are continuously gambling for a stronger stimulus. Due to persistent gambling behaviors, a variety of problems such as criminal behavior, poor academic achievement, school truancy, financial problems, depression, suicide, deterioration of social relationships, and substance abuse, have arisen [8,9,10,11]. These problems are diagnostic criteria for clinical gambling disorders in DSM-5 [36].…”

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“…However, adolescents who gamble showed a lack of understanding of the negative consequences of gambling and did not fully appreciate the term ‘quit’. Additionally, various gambling-related advertisements promote the interest of gambling and fun of winning for adolescents [9]. In order to prevent the gambling addiction of adolescents, it is necessary to intensively educate them on economic ethics, such as the time and money spent on gambling behaviors, and help adolescents to make responsible choices.…”

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“…The characteristics and repetition of gambling behaviors are also seen in problem gambling of adolescents, and adolescents have a tendency to lose control and to be impulsive [5,8]. Adolescent gambling behavior leads to clinically significant impairment or distress, including criminal behavior, poor academic achievement, school truancy, financial problems, depressive symptoms, suicide, low self-esteem, deterioration of social relationships, and substance abuse [8,9,10,11]. About 70% of adults with a gambling addiction are reported to have started gambling in adolescence in Korea [12].…”

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The Gambling Factors Related with the Level of Adolescent Problem Gambler

Kang

Kim

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IJERPH

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the gambling factors related with the gambling problem level of adolescents to provide basic information for the prevention of adolescent gambling problems. The data was drawn from the 2015 Survey on Youth Gambling Problems of the Korea Center on Gambling Problems for Korean students in grades 7–11 (ages 13–17 years) and included 14,011 study subjects (average age 14.9 years, 52.5% male). The lifetime gambling behavior experience was 42.1%, and 24.2% had a gambling behavior experience within the past three months. The past three-month prevalence of problem gambling was 1.1%. The gambling factors related with the level of adolescent problem gambling include the presence of nearby gambling facilities, having personal relationships with people that gamble, a higher number of experienced gambling behaviors, male adolescents, and a greater amount of time spent gambling. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first report to identify gambling factors related with the level of adolescent problem gambling in Korean adolescents using national data. These findings suggest that gambling prevention efforts must consider not only access to individual adolescents as early intervention, but also environmental strategies such as accessibility regulations and alternative activities.

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Fun, Friend, or Foe: Youth Perceptions and Definitions of Online Gambling

Cited by 21 publications

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Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Gambling and Video Game Playing Among Youth

The Gambling Factors Related with the Level of Adolescent Problem Gambler

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