Gambling among adolescents with and without hearing loss

Abstract

ObjectivesThis exploratory study investigates the prevalence of gambling, preferred types of gambling, and problem gambling in Swedish young people aged 15–18 years with and without hearing loss.MethodsA cross-sectional health survey was conducted in Örebro County, Sweden in 2014. A standardized questionnaire was distributed to 4888 students, and 4329 filled it. There were 318 (8 %) students with hearing loss. The response rate was 82 %. The 2-item Lie/Bet questionnaire (Johnson et al. in Psychol Rep 80:83–88, 1997) was used for measuring problem gambling.ResultsMore students with hearing loss had gambled during their lifetime (35 %) and in the past year (25 %) than their hearing counterparts (lifetime: 24 %; past-year: 19 %). More students with hearing loss compared to normal hearing students were identified as problem gamblers (7.7 % compared to 4.3 %).ConclusionMore research is needed on gambling among people with hearing loss as well as other disabilities.

Preferences on Online Gambling Activities among Adolescents: A Review

“…At present, there are more opportunities for adolescents to start and carry on gambling due to the quick-change nature of the digital technologies, where new types of games, technologies to access them, and gambling providers have proliferated fast [22]. In spite of gambling is an age-restricted activity in most of the countries, several authors found that this activity (online) is relatively common in adolescents and is also increasingly recognized as a major public health problem [22][23][24], although in a percentage less common than the land-based variant [25][26][27][28]. Regarding prevalence, the current research has found that it varies between 0.2% and 12.3% in adolescents, showing values of 2.5-5.6% of adolescents who meet risk gambling criteria [29][30][31].…”