School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle.
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2023 May;37(3):509-518. doi: 10.1037/adb0000854. Epub 2022 Jul 14.
This study explored associations between exposure to other people's gambling and the prevalence of gambling in the last month, engagement in hard gambling activities (defined as those which occur more frequently, with a quicker determination of outcomes, and/or high payout ratios), and the prevalence of at risk and problem gambling, among a large sample of Australian adolescent school students.
In 2017, 6,377 students from Victoria and Queensland answered gambling questions as part of the cross-sectional triennial Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug Survey. Students reported on gambling behaviors (gambling in the last month, types of gambling activities), were assessed for problem gambling using the Diagnostic Statistical Manual IV adapted for Juveniles (DSM-IV-[MR]-J), and reported whether people they knew (parents, siblings, other relatives, best friend, or someone else) had gambled in the last month. Logistic regressions explored the relationship between other people's gambling and student gambling behaviors in the last month.
Approximately, one in five students reported that someone from their household gambled in the last month. Overall, 6% of students reported they had gambled, and 4% gambled on a hard gambling activity, in the previous month; 10% were classified as potentially at risk or problem gamblers. Having a parent, sibling, best friend, another relative, or someone else who gambled in the last month were each significantly associated with the three gambling outcomes.
There is a need to address the modeling of gambling behaviors by young people's friends, family, and others, in order to reduce gambling behaviors and problem gambling among Australian adolescents. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究旨在探讨在澳大利亚青少年学生群体中，大量样本中，接触他人赌博与过去一个月内赌博流行率、参与高风险赌博活动（定义为更频繁、更快决定结果和/或高赔率的活动）以及高危和问题赌博流行率之间的关联。
2017 年，维多利亚州和昆士兰州的 6377 名学生参加了跨年度的澳大利亚中学生酒精和毒品调查，作为横断面研究的一部分，回答了赌博问题。学生报告了赌博行为（过去一个月内的赌博、赌博活动类型），使用青少年版《精神障碍诊断与统计手册第四版修订本》（DSM-IV-[MR]-J）评估了问题赌博情况，并报告了他们认识的人（父母、兄弟姐妹、其他亲戚、最好的朋友或其他人）过去一个月是否赌博。逻辑回归探讨了他人赌博与学生过去一个月内赌博行为之间的关系。
约五分之一的学生报告说，他们家里有人过去一个月内赌博。总体而言，6%的学生报告过去一个月内赌博，4%的学生过去一个月内进行了高风险赌博活动；10%的学生被归类为潜在的高危或问题赌徒。过去一个月内有父母、兄弟姐妹、最好的朋友、其他亲戚或其他人赌博，与这三种赌博结果均显著相关。
需要解决年轻人的朋友、家人和其他人对赌博行为的示范作用，以减少澳大利亚青少年的赌博行为和问题赌博。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2023 APA，保留所有权利）。
