Department of Family and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 W Lombard Street Ste 655A, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
J Gambl Stud. 2012 Jun;28(2):325-36. doi: 10.1007/s10899-011-9254-0.
This study explored the cross sectional association between adverse life events and gambling in a sample of 515 urban adolescents (average age 17, 55% male, 88% African American). Approximately half of the sample had gambled in the past year (51%); 78% of the gamblers gambled monthly and 39% had a gambling-related problem. On the other hand, 88% of the sample had experienced at least one life event in the past year, and those experiencing events tended to live in more disadvantaged neighborhoods. The mere acknowledgement of experiencing a stressful life event in the past year (yes/no) was not associated with an increase in odds of being a gambler, with gambling more frequently, or with having a gambling problem. However, when the context of the event was considered, an association was found between directly experiencing threatening and deviant/violent types of events and frequent gambling (OR > 2). Additionally, the probability of being a gambler increased as the number of events experienced increased (aOR = 1.07, 95% CI = 1.01, 1.13, P = 0.013), but problems among gamblers were not associated with the number of events experienced (aOR = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.92, 1.11, P = 0.876). During adolescence, life events appear to be connected more with the frequency of gambling rather than with problems related to gambling.
这项研究调查了 515 名城市青少年（平均年龄为 17 岁，55%为男性，88%为非裔美国人）中不良生活事件与赌博之间的横断面关联。大约一半的样本在过去一年中曾赌博过（51%）；78%的赌徒每月赌博，39%存在与赌博相关的问题。另一方面，88%的样本在过去一年中至少经历过一次生活事件，而经历过事件的人往往生活在条件更差的社区。过去一年中是否经历过压力性生活事件（是/否）与成为赌徒的几率增加、更频繁地赌博或存在赌博问题无关。然而，当考虑到事件的背景时，发现直接经历威胁和偏差/暴力类型的事件与频繁赌博之间存在关联（OR＞2）。此外，经历的事件数量越多，成为赌徒的可能性就越大（aOR=1.07，95%CI=1.01，1.13，P=0.013），但赌徒中存在的问题与经历的事件数量无关（aOR=1.01，95%CI=0.92，1.11，P=0.876）。在青春期，生活事件似乎与赌博的频率更相关，而与与赌博相关的问题无关。
