Gambling involvement, type of gambling and grade point average among 18–29-year-old Finnish men and women

Latvala, Tiina; Alho, Hannu; Raisamo, Susanna; Salonen, Anne H.

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“…Finally, an important role for social adaptation and academic success is played by the student's beliefs about his/her own ability to plan and organize school activities (academic self-efficacy). In this regard, pathological gamblers are more likely to have poor school performance, as demonstrated in both cross-cutting studies (Latvala et al, 2019) and longitudinal studies (Winters et al, 2002). In gambling studies, self-efficacy has been defined primarily as the individual ability to avoid involvement in problem gambling (Barbaranelli et al, 2017).…”

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Problematic gambling behaviour in adolescents: prevalence and its relation to social, self-regulatory, and academic self-efficacy

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2020

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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A non-random sample of 560 Italian high school students completed a questionnaire consisting of demographic items and questions about gambling behaviour, motivations, and perceived social, self-regulatory, and academic self-efficacy. Among these participants, 49 of them were classified as at-risk gamblers, 21 as problem gamblers, and the rest as nonat-risk/problem gamblers or non-players. Chi-square tests showed that gambling, several game types, some motivations to gamble, and at-risk /problem gambling were more common among males than females. Logistic regression was employed to predict the risk of being an at-risk /problem gambler and results showed that medium and high levels of self-efficacy halves this risk; however, the halving of the risk was not statistically significant with respect to perceived academic self-efficacy. It was concluded that the three forms of self-efficacy taken into consideration can be protective factors for at-risk/problem gambling.

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Section: Self-efficacymentioning

confidence: 99%

Problematic gambling behaviour in adolescents: prevalence and its relation to social, self-regulatory, and academic self-efficacy

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2020

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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“…For the groups of habitual, social and heavy gamblers, the vast majorities were males ( 26 ). A Finnish study of people aged 18–29 showed that frequent gambling, playing several game types, online gambling and at risk-or problem gambling occurred more often among males than females ( 27 ). Because of the larger gambling involvement and the fact that men generally take more risks the women ( 28 ), a suggested explanation for the gender association with measures to control gambling is that men more often than women need and therefore also actually use these features or measures to control their gambling more frequently.…”

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Gamblers' use of measures to prevent gambling problems and reduce harm

2022

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In this study, the use of measures to control gambling were investigated. Data from gamblers (N = 5,878) participating in a cross-sectional survey in 2019 based on random sampling from the Norwegian Population Registry, were analysed. The survey included questions about use of eight measures, which comprised the dependent variables. Questions about sociodemographics, gambling behaviour, gambling problems, self-reported impact from gambling advertisement and beliefs in measures to control gambling comprised the predictor variables. Logistic regression analyses were employed to identify significant predictors. Use of measures varied, ranging from 0.8% (contacting help services) to 23.2% (pre-commitment to affordable loss limits). All predictors had at least one significant association with the actual use of measures. Being a moderate risk or problem gambler was the most consistent predictor and was associated with the use of all eight measures. Being born outside Norway in a western or non-western country was associated with use of seven of the eight measures, whereas gambled online and participated in low-risk game only (inversely) were associated with use of six measures. Gender, age, game spending and beliefs in the usefulness of measures were associated with use of four measures. Participation in random games only was inversely associated with use of three measures. Self-reported impact from gambling advertisement was only (inversely) associated with self-testing for gambling problems. Several mechanisms responsible for the associations between predictors and the dependent variables are suggested, e.g., younger gamblers and moderate risk or problem gamblers may use these measures as they may acknowledge personal susceptibilities for developing gambling problems, such as impaired impulse control. Online gambling on the other hand was associated with use of various measures as the latter more often are integrated in online than offline gambling. Notably, the beliefs in measures as helpful was a significant predictor of use of four of the measures, which illustrates that positive views on the use of measures are not consistently associated with actual use of all the measures. Characteristics of the gamblers (e.g., place of birth, moderate risk or problem gambler), the game itself and the online distribution seem to be the most consistent predictors.

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“…Not only is gambling an activity that makes people lose a lot of money, but it also harms the wellbeing of the gamblers and their next of kin and has been shown to involve several types of stratifying effects ( Oksanen, Sirola, Savolainen, & Kaakinen, 2019 ). Gambling-related harm disadvantageously affects the socioeconomically weak in particular, and in the study by Latvala, Alho, Raisamo, and Salonen (2019) people who perform less well at school measured in register data’s Grade Point Average (GPA) are shown to be more likely to gamble more frequently and to prefer certain kinds of games.…”

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Gambling – no ordinary commodity

Hellman

2019

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Gambling involvement, type of gambling and grade point average among 18–29-year-old Finnish men and women

Cited by 7 publications

References 40 publications

Problematic gambling behaviour in adolescents: prevalence and its relation to social, self-regulatory, and academic self-efficacy

Problematic gambling behaviour in adolescents: prevalence and its relation to social, self-regulatory, and academic self-efficacy

Gamblers' use of measures to prevent gambling problems and reduce harm

Gambling – no ordinary commodity

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