School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Federation University Australia, PO Box 663, Ballarat, VIC, 3353, Australia.
School of Health Sciences and Psychology, Federation University Australia, PO Box 3191, Gippsland, VIC, 3841, Australia.
J Gambl Stud. 2018 Sep;34(3):915-927. doi: 10.1007/s10899-018-9753-3.
Loneliness and adapting to an unfamiliar environment can increase emotional vulnerability in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) university students. According to Blaszczynski and Nower's pathways model of problem and pathological gambling, this emotional vulnerability could increase the risk of problem gambling. The current study examined whether loneliness was associated with problem gambling risk in CALD students relative to their Australian peers. Additionally, differences in coping strategies were examined to determine their buffering effect on the relationship. A total of 463 female and 165 male university students (aged 18-38) from Australian (38%), mixed Australian and CALD (23%) and CALD (28%) backgrounds responded to an online survey of problem gambling behaviour, loneliness, and coping strategies. The results supported the hypothesis that loneliness would be related to problem gambling in CALD students. There was no evidence of a moderating effect of coping strategies. Future research could test whether the introduction of programs designed to alleviate loneliness in culturally diverse university students reduces their risk of developing problem gambling.
孤独感和适应陌生环境会增加文化和语言多样化（CALD）大学生的情绪脆弱性。根据 Blaszczynski 和 Nower 的问题和病态赌博途径模型，这种情绪脆弱性可能会增加赌博问题的风险。本研究考察了孤独感是否与 CALD 学生的赌博问题风险相关，相对于他们的澳大利亚同龄人。此外，还研究了应对策略的差异，以确定它们对这种关系的缓冲作用。共有来自澳大利亚（38%）、混合澳大利亚和 CALD（23%）和 CALD（28%）背景的 463 名女性和 165 名男性大学生（年龄在 18-38 岁之间）对在线赌博行为、孤独感和应对策略进行了调查。结果支持了这样一种假设，即孤独感与 CALD 学生的赌博问题有关。应对策略没有起到调节作用的证据。未来的研究可以检验是否引入旨在减轻文化多元化大学生孤独感的项目可以降低他们出现赌博问题的风险。
