Gambling and pathological gambling in adolescents

Fisher, Sue

doi:10.1007/bf01015923

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“…Participation in these games was widespread. The prevalence of problem gambling was 5.6% as measured with the DSM-IV-MR-J screen, a figure similar to findings in earlier studies (Fisher, 1993;Wood & Griffiths, 1998). In Spain two studies were reported by Becoña (1997), which examined prevalence of problem gambling among adolescents in two cities, A Coruna and Gijón.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…The SOGS-RA (Winters, Stinchfield, & Fulkerson, 1993) and the DSM-IV-J/DSM-IV-MR-J (Fisher, 1992(Fisher, , 1993(Fisher, , 2000 are today the main instruments used for studying the prevalence of problem gambling among adolescents. When screening instruments are translated it is important to evaluate the extent to which the psychometric properties of these instruments concur with the original findings.…”

Section: The Gambling Situation In Icelandmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is a revised version of the earlier DSM-IV-J gambling screen for adolescents (Fisher, 1992(Fisher, , 1993. The DSM-IV-MR-J includes 12 items that measure 9 out of 10 criteria for DSM-IV diagnosis of adult pathological gambling; (1) preoccupation with gambling, (2) tolerance, (3) loss of control, (4) withdrawal, (5) escape, (6) chasing, (7) lies, (8) illegal and unsocial acts, and (9) risked job, education or relationship.…”

Section: Instrumentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A number of studies on gambling participation by youths have been conducted in Britain (Fisher, 1992(Fisher, , 1993(Fisher, , 1999Griffiths, 1995;Orford, Sproston, Erens, White, & Mitchell, 2003;Wood & Griffiths, 1998). The study by Fisher (1999) is the latest prevalence study of adolescent problem gambling in Britain.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Spain two studies were reported by Becoña (1997), which examined prevalence of problem gambling among adolescents in two cities, A Coruna and Gijón. In both studies the DSM-IV-J (Fisher, 1992(Fisher, , 1993) was used to measure problem gambling and 2.2% and 1.6%, respectively were identified as problem gamblers. Finally, the results from a recent epidemiological study in Norway on 12-18-year-old youths (N = 3237) indicated that most adolescents in Norway gamble to some degree and about a quarter of them do so weekly (Johansson & Götestam, 2003).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Prevalence Estimates of Gambling Participation and Problem Gambling among 16–18-year-old Students in Iceland: A Comparison of the SOGS-RA and DSM-IV-MR-J

2005

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The aim of this study was to estimate gambling participation and problem gambling among Icelandic adolescents. Participants were 750 16-18-year-old students, 371 girls and 379 boys. The rate of problem gambling was estimated with the SOGS-RA and DSM-IV-MR-J. Results indicated that 96% of adolescents had gambled in their lifetime, 79% at least once in the preceding year and about 10% gamble at least once a week. A psychometric evaluation of the two screening scales revealed satisfactory reliabilities and factor structures for both scales. The DSM-IV-MR-J identified 2% of the participants as problem gamblers while SOGS-RA identified 2.7%, and problem gambling was more common among boys than girls. It was concluded that problem gambling among adolescents is an area of concern for the Icelandic community that needs to be further investigated.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: The Gambling Situation In Icelandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Instrumentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Prevalence Estimates of Gambling Participation and Problem Gambling among 16–18-year-old Students in Iceland: A Comparison of the SOGS-RA and DSM-IV-MR-J

2005

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Adolescent gambling and drug use

Griffiths

Sutherland

1998

J. Community. Appl. Soc. Psychol.

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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 signi®cantly more likely to drink alcohol ( particularly`alcopops'), smoke tobacco and take drugs compared to non-gamblers.

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