Glozah Franklin N, Tolchard Barry, Pevalin David J
Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2019 Mar 6;33(4):/j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2018-0175/ijamh-2018-0175.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2018-0175.
There is little information on youth gambling in Ghana even though there is an unprecedented emergence of various types of gambling and gambling venues throughout the country. The aim of this cross-sectional exploratory study was to examine the role of perceived social difficulties and perceived protective social factors in participation and attitudes of Ghanaian youth towards gambling using data from a school-based survey (n = 770).
Participants completed measures on perceived social difficulties, perceived protective social factors, attitudes towards gambling and participation in four types of gambling.
Sports betting was the most common form of gambling. There were significant differences in gambling participation with males gambling more than females. Youth who reported more perceived social difficulties from family and friends had a more positive attitude and a negative attitude towards gambling, respectively. Youth who reported higher protective social factors from family and teachers were less likely to have a negative attitude towards gambling. In all situations, high frequency gambling resulted in a more positive attitude towards gambling.
Perceived social difficulties influences Ghanaian youths to have a positive attitude towards gambling, however, protective social factors from family and teachers may help youth to have a negative attitude towards gambling, gamble less and consequently achieve academic success.
尽管加纳全国各地各类赌博活动和赌博场所空前涌现，但关于加纳青少年赌博的信息却很少。这项横断面探索性研究的目的是利用一项基于学校的调查（n = 770）的数据，考察感知到的社会困难和感知到的保护性社会因素在加纳青少年参与赌博及对赌博态度方面所起的作用。
参与者完成了关于感知到的社会困难、感知到的保护性社会因素、对赌博的态度以及参与四种赌博类型的测量。
体育博彩是最常见的赌博形式。赌博参与情况存在显著差异，男性赌博的次数多于女性。报告称在家庭和朋友方面感知到更多社会困难的青少年，对赌博分别持更积极和消极的态度。报告称在家庭和教师方面有更高保护性社会因素的青少年，对赌博持消极态度的可能性较小。在所有情况下，高频赌博导致对赌博持更积极的态度。
感知到的社会困难会影响加纳青少年对赌博持积极态度，然而，来自家庭和教师的保护性社会因素可能有助于青少年对赌博持消极态度、减少赌博行为，并因此取得学业成功。
