Dowling Nicki A, Shandley Kerrie A, Oldenhof Erin, Affleck Julia M, Youssef George J, Frydenberg Erica, Thomas Shane A, Jackson Alun C
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Am J Addict. 2017 Oct;26(7):707-712. doi: 10.1111/ajad.12599. Epub 2017 Sep 7.
Although parenting practices are articulated as underlying mechanisms or protective factors in several theoretical models, their role in the intergenerational transmission of gambling problems has received limited research attention. This study therefore examined the degree to which parenting practices (positive parenting, parental involvement, and inconsistent discipline) moderated the intergenerational transmission of paternal and maternal problem gambling.
Students aged 12-18 years (N = 612) recruited from 17 Australian secondary schools completed a survey measuring parental problem gambling, problem gambling severity, and parenting practices.
Participants endorsing paternal problem gambling (23.3%) were 4.3 times more likely to be classified as at-risk/problem gamblers than their peers (5.4%). Participants endorsing maternal problem gambling (6.9%) were no more likely than their peers (4.0%) to be classified as at-risk/problem gamblers. Paternal problem gambling was a significant predictor of offspring at-risk/problem gambling after controlling for maternal problem gambling and participant demographic characteristics. The relationship between maternal problem gambling and offspring at-risk/problem gambling was buffered by parental involvement.
Paternal problem gambling may be important in the development of adolescent at-risk/problem gambling behaviours and higher levels of parental involvement buffers the influence of maternal problem gambling in the development of offspring gambling problems. Further research is therefore required to identify factors that attenuate the seemingly greater risk of transmission associated with paternal gambling problems.
Parental involvement is a potential candidate for prevention and intervention efforts designed to reduce the intergenerational transmission of gambling problems. (Am J Addict 2017;26:707-712).
尽管养育方式在多个理论模型中被阐述为潜在机制或保护因素，但它们在赌博问题代际传递中的作用受到的研究关注有限。因此，本研究考察了养育方式（积极养育、父母参与和不一致的管教）在父母问题赌博代际传递中起到调节作用的程度。
从17所澳大利亚中学招募的12至18岁学生（N = 612）完成了一项调查，该调查测量了父母问题赌博、问题赌博严重程度和养育方式。
认可父亲有问题赌博的参与者（23.3%）被归类为有风险/问题赌徒的可能性是其同龄人（5.4%）的4.3倍。认可母亲有问题赌博的参与者（6.9%）被归类为有风险/问题赌徒的可能性并不比同龄人（4.0%）更高。在控制了母亲问题赌博和参与者人口统计学特征后，父亲问题赌博是后代有风险/问题赌博的重要预测因素。母亲问题赌博与后代有风险/问题赌博之间的关系受到父母参与的缓冲。
父亲问题赌博可能在青少年有风险/问题赌博行为的发展中起重要作用，更高水平的父母参与缓冲了母亲问题赌博对后代赌博问题发展的影响。因此，需要进一步研究以确定能够减轻与父亲赌博问题相关的看似更大的代际传递风险的因素。
父母参与是旨在减少赌博问题代际传递的预防和干预措施的潜在候选因素。（《美国成瘾杂志》2017年；26:707 - 712）
