Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Albanovägen 12, 114 19 Stockholm, Sweden.
Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm Norra Stationsgatan 69, 113 64 Stockholm, Sweden.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Feb 20;19(4):2436. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042436.
Excessive alcohol use and gambling can have negative consequences. Across countries, the risk of excessive alcohol use is more common in university populations than in the general population. However, few studies have investigated the prevalence of both alcohol use and gambling in this group. This study explores these behaviours in a Swedish university setting. In addition, this study investigates how impulsivity affects alcohol use and gambling. In total, 794 Swedish students answered an online survey. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics to determine prevalence, and multinomial logistic regression was used to determine the contribution of impulsivity, age, and sex to alcohol use and gambling. Compared to the Swedish national prevalence, the prevalence was higher for excessive alcohol use, but the prevalence of gambling was at the same level or lower. High levels of impulsivity and male sex increased the risk of excessive alcohol use, while older age lowered the risk of excessive alcohol use and gambling. The results indicate that primarily young men could benefit from primary prevention in a university setting. Also, screening for impulsivity in men might be one way to identify risk groups in a university population.
过度饮酒和赌博可能会产生负面影响。在各国，与普通人群相比，大学生群体过度饮酒的风险更为常见。然而，很少有研究调查这一群体中同时存在的饮酒和赌博现象。本研究在瑞典的大学环境中探讨了这些行为。此外，本研究还调查了冲动性如何影响饮酒和赌博。共有 794 名瑞典学生回答了在线调查。使用描述性统计数据来确定患病率，使用多项逻辑回归来确定冲动性、年龄和性别对饮酒和赌博的影响。与瑞典全国的流行率相比，过度饮酒的流行率较高，但赌博的流行率处于相同水平或更低。高水平的冲动性和男性增加了过度饮酒的风险，而年龄较大则降低了过度饮酒和赌博的风险。结果表明，主要是年轻男性可以从大学环境中的初级预防中受益。此外，在男性中筛查冲动性可能是识别大学人群中风险群体的一种方法。
