澳门家长对未成年子女参与赌博的认知。

Macau parents' perceptions of underage children's gambling involvement.

作者信息

So Ernest Moon Tong, Lao Yorky Mei Po, Wong Irene Lai Kuen

机构信息

Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Macao Public Security Police Force, Macao, China.

出版信息

Asian J Gambl Issues Public Health. 2017;7(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s40405-017-0021-8. Epub 2017 Mar 3.

DOI:10.1186/s40405-017-0021-8

PMID:28316902

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5334386/

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

The study examined Macau parents' perceptions of underage children's gambling involvement, and parents' attitudes towards help seeking if their children had a gambling problem. The parents' gambling behavior in the past year was also investigated.

METHODS

This is a parent survey using a self-administered questionnaire. A convenience sample of 311 Macau parents (106 fathers and 205 mothers) with underage children aged 3-17 years was recruited. The response rate is 77.8%. The participants were asked if they had ever approved or taught their underage children to gamble, and how did they award their children when they won in gambling games. The parents were also asked if they had gambled in the previous 12 months, and their gambling behavior was assessed by the Chinese Problem Gambling Severity Index (CPGSI).

RESULTS

Half of the parents surveyed (52%) did not approve underage gambling but 81% taught their underage children to play different gambling games. Children were awarded with money (55%), praises (17.5%), toys (15%) and food (12.5%) when they won in games. One-fifth (20.6%) were distressed with their children's gambling problem. Many (68.8%) were willing to seek help to cope with children's gambling problems. Only 21.2% (n = 66) of the parents reported gambling in the past year. Using the CPGSI, 4.5% of these gamblers could be identified as problem gamblers, and 16.7% were moderate-risk gamblers.

CONCLUSION

The study results indicate parent education should be included in prevention of underage gambling.

摘要

目标

本研究调查了澳门家长对未成年子女参与赌博的看法，以及如果子女有赌博问题，家长寻求帮助的态度。同时还调查了家长过去一年的赌博行为。

方法

这是一项采用自填问卷的家长调查。招募了311名有3至17岁未成年子女的澳门家长（106名父亲和205名母亲）作为便利样本。回应率为77.8%。参与者被问及他们是否曾批准或教过未成年子女赌博，以及当孩子在赌博游戏中获胜时他们是如何奖励孩子的。家长们还被问及他们在过去12个月内是否赌博，其赌博行为通过中国问题赌博严重程度指数（CPGSI）进行评估。

结果

接受调查的家长中有一半（52%）不赞成未成年人赌博，但81%的家长教过未成年子女玩不同的赌博游戏。孩子在游戏中获胜时，会得到金钱奖励（55%）、表扬（17.5%）、玩具（15%）和食物（12.5%）。五分之一（20.6%）的家长对孩子的赌博问题感到苦恼。许多家长（68.8%）愿意寻求帮助来解决孩子的赌博问题。只有21.2%（n = 66）的家长报告在过去一年中赌博。使用CPGSI，这些赌徒中有4.5%可被认定为问题赌徒，16.7%为中度风险赌徒。