Waverley Action for Youth Services (WAYS), 2/47 Spring Street, Bondi Junction, NSW 2022, Australia.
J Gambl Stud. 2010 Jun;26(2):189-204. doi: 10.1007/s10899-009-9169-1.
Epidemiological studies have consistently reported prevalence rates ranging between 0.9 and 23.5% for problem gambling among young people. With such a large range reported in the literature, it is clear that more research in this area would be of value. The current study investigated the prevalence rate of adolescent gambling and problem gambling and explored types of harm-related and help-seeking behaviours associated with gambling specific to this population in an Australian setting. A self-administered battery of questionnaires was distributed to 252 students aged 12-18 years, attending four private schools in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The battery included a self-administered socio-gambling demographic questionnaire, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Fourth Edition Multiple Response Juvenile (DSM-IV-MR-J) diagnostic instrument to assess problem gambling status, the Gambling Attitudes Scale, and questionnaires using a Likert scale to measure gambling-related harms and help-seeking behaviours. The prevalence rate among this group was found to be 6.7%. The study found further support for previous findings suggesting that a significant proportion of young people meet criteria for problem gambling, that males are at-risk and that few adolescents are able to recognise when gambling is problematic or access mental health professionals for assistance.
流行病学研究一直报告称，年轻人中存在赌博问题的比例在 0.9%至 23.5%之间。文献中报告的范围如此之大，显然该领域需要更多的研究。本研究调查了澳大利亚青少年赌博和赌博问题的流行率，并探讨了与该人群特定赌博相关的伤害和寻求帮助行为的类型。一项自我管理的问卷组被分发给了 252 名年龄在 12 至 18 岁之间的学生，他们就读于澳大利亚悉尼东郊的四所私立学校。该问卷组包括一份自我管理的社会赌博人口统计学问卷、用于评估赌博问题状态的第四版诊断和统计手册多响应青少年（DSM-IV-MR-J）诊断工具、赌博态度量表，以及使用李克特量表衡量与赌博相关的伤害和寻求帮助行为的问卷。该组的患病率为 6.7%。研究进一步证实了之前的发现，即相当一部分年轻人符合赌博问题的标准，男性处于风险之中，很少有青少年能够认识到赌博有问题，或者能够获得心理健康专业人员的帮助。
