Division of Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, USA.
Am J Addict. 2011 Nov-Dec;20(6):495-508. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00180.x. Epub 2011 Oct 4.
In adults, different levels of gambling problem severity are differentially associated with measures of health and general functioning, gambling behaviors, and gambling-related motivations. Here we present data from a survey of 2,484 Connecticut high school students, and investigate the data stratifying by gambling problem severity based on DSM-IV criteria for pathological gambling. Problem/pathological gambling was associated with a range of negative functions; for example, poor academic performance, substance use, dysphoria/depression, and aggression. These findings suggest a need for improved interventions related to adolescent gambling and a need for additional research into the relationship (eg, mediating factors) between gambling and risk and protective behaviors.
在成年人中，不同程度的赌博问题严重程度与健康和一般功能、赌博行为以及与赌博相关的动机的衡量标准存在差异。在这里，我们展示了一项对 2484 名康涅狄格州高中生进行的调查的数据，并根据 DSM-IV 病理性赌博标准对赌博问题严重程度进行了数据分层。问题/病理性赌博与一系列负面功能有关；例如，学业成绩不佳、物质使用、烦躁/抑郁和攻击性。这些发现表明需要改善与青少年赌博相关的干预措施，并需要进一步研究赌博与风险和保护行为之间的关系（例如，中介因素）。
