Ladouceur R, Jacques C, Ferland F, Giroux I
Ecole de psychologie, Université Laval, Quebec City.
Can J Psychiatry. 1999 Oct;44(8):802-4. doi: 10.1177/070674379904400807.
To investigate the relationship between availability of gambling activities and participation in gambling, maximum amount of money lost in 1 day to gambling, and number of pathological gamblers.
Two random samples (1002 and 1257 adults) were surveyed 7 years apart using the South Oaks Gambling Screen to identify pathological gamblers.
Seven years later, significantly more people reported having gambled, and the number of pathological gamblers had increased by 75%.
These findings support the hypothesis that increases in the availability of gambling are related to increases in the number of problem gamblers.
研究赌博活动的可及性与赌博参与度、一日内赌博损失的最大金额以及病态赌徒数量之间的关系。
相隔7年对两个随机样本(分别为1002名和1257名成年人)进行调查,使用南奥克斯赌博筛查量表来识别病态赌徒。
7年后,报告称参与过赌博的人数显著增加,病态赌徒的数量增加了75%。
这些发现支持了以下假设,即赌博可及性的增加与问题赌徒数量的增加有关。