Latent Class Analysis of Gambling Activities in a Sample of Young Swiss Men: Association with Gambling Problems, Substance Use Outcomes, Personality Traits and Coping Strategies

Studer, Joseph; Baggio, Stéphanie; Mohler‐Kuo, Meichun; Simon, Olivier; Daeppen, Jean‐Bernard; Gmel, Gerhard

doi:10.1007/s10899-015-9547-9

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“…Gambling activities of out-of-school adolescents were classified into three subgroups (RG, IGG, and BG), whereas prior studies classified their subjects into 4~8 subgroups [8,14,19,20]. This result is consistent with the findings of a prior study on early adulthood gambling, which delineated three subgroups of social gamblers, problem gamblers, and pathological gamblers [21].…”

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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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confidence: 78%

Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Kang¹,

Ha²,

Bang³

2020

Child Health Nurs Res

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“…This explains partly why the number of peer-reviewed published papers authored by Swiss investigators to date is limited. Among studies published in the last 5 years, some have focused on the prevention, assessment and prevalence of problem offline and online gambling in the community [18,[38][39][40][41][42], while others were interested in risk factors associated with harmful gambling [43,44].…”

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Gambling and problem gambling in Switzerland

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Aims To provide an overview of gambling and problem gambling in Switzerland, including historical aspects, past and current legislation and policies, treatment options and the research base. Methods A literature search was conducted on two databases (PubMed and PsycINFO), and official government and statistical reports selected from the official websites of four sources (Federal Office of Justice; Federal Gambling Board; Federal Office of Statistics; Swiss Lottery and Betting Board). Results After a history of banning or partial banning, Swiss gambling became regulated at the beginning of the 20th century through successive laws. The current system is characterized by important differences in the law and policies for casinos and lotteries, and contradictions in the regulation of these two areas are still under debate in order to develop new legislation. Gambling is widespread in Switzerland, and the prevalence of problem gambling in this country was comparable to that in other European countries in 2014. Most gambling treatment facilities are integrated into mental health treatment services that have out-patient programmes, and treatment for problem gambling is covered by a universal compulsory Swiss health insurance system. The availability of public funding for gambling research is still limited. Conclusions Switzerland needs to develop a more coherent regulatory and prevention policy approach to gambling, overcoming conflicts in the current dual system of federal and cantonal regulation. Recent efforts to enhance funding for gambling research are promising, and could lead to a more systematic analysis of the efficacy of prevention and treatment programmes.

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“…For instance, young people who are more impulsive, have lower social competence and empathy, and have poorer emotional regulation skills, are more likely to become pathological video gamers (Gentile, Choo, Liau et al, 2011). Moreover, coping strategies may constitute risk factors for excessive gambling too (Studer, Baggio, Mohler-Kuo et al, 2016). Coping comprises a number of cognitive and behavioral strategies used to mediate specific internal and/or external demands (Gupta, Derevensky & Marget, 2004).…”

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“…Several authors have considered coping as a key variable to understand addictions, which may constitute a maladaptive way of coping (Tobin, Loxton & Neighbors, 2014;Walker & Stephens, 2014). Research has shown that gambling problems are positively associated with the use of avoidant and emotionfocused strategies, and negatively associated with the use of problem-focused coping strategies (Bergevin et al, 2006;Lightsey & Hulsey, 2002;Studer et al, 2016). Jauregui, Onaindia and Est evez (2017) also found that pathological gamblers obtained significantly greater scores in all the measured disengagement strategies, in problem-and emotion-focused disengagement strategies, and in the disengagement factor.…”

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Attachment and behavioral addictions in adolescents: The mediating and moderating role of coping strategies

Estévez

Jáuregui

López-González

2019

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Gambling, video gaming, and Internet use are typically included as everyday activities that could potentially become behavioral addictions. There is growing evidence that views non‐substance related addictions as coping mechanisms, and considers that attachment styles are likely to play a pivotal role on the development of such addictions, especially on young people. Therefore, the present study aimed to: (1) explore the association between attachment, coping, and behavioral addictions (i.e., gambling disorder, video game addiction, and problematic Internet use); and (2) to analyze the mediating/moderating effect that coping has in the relationship of attachment and these behavioral addictions. A sample consisting of 472 students from secondary education (Mean age = 15.6; SD = 1.33; 51.6% females) was recruited. The findings showed a negative association between attachment and behavioral addictions. Most coping strategies were found to be associated with attachment styles, except for self‐critique and emotional avoidance. In particular, problem avoidance was significantly correlated to all behavioral addictions. In addition, self‐blame and problem solving were significantly correlated to video game addiction and problematic Internet use. Finally, coping was found to act as a mediator and moderator between attachment and video game addiction and problematic Internet use.

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Latent Class Analysis of Gambling Activities in a Sample of Young Swiss Men: Association with Gambling Problems, Substance Use Outcomes, Personality Traits and Coping Strategies

Cited by 27 publications

References 56 publications

Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Gambling Subgroups among Korean Out-of-school Adolescents

Gambling and problem gambling in Switzerland

Attachment and behavioral addictions in adolescents: The mediating and moderating role of coping strategies

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