Department of Economics, Jovellanos Faculty of Commerce, Tourism and Social Sciences, University of Oviedo, Luis Moya Blanco, 261, 33203, Gijón, Spain.
J Gambl Stud. 2024 Sep;40(3):1575-1584. doi: 10.1007/s10899-024-10319-1. Epub 2024 May 29.
The increasing availability of gambling opportunities worldwide has the potential to impact youth gambling behavior and the prevalence of gambling-related harm. This paper studies whether starting gambling at an early age (i.e., below the minimum legal gambling age) increases an individual's likelihood of suffering some kind of gambling-related harm in the future. Data taken from the Study on the Prevalence, Behavior and Characteristics of Gamblers in Spain provide information on respondents' gambling starting age and assess gambling risk based on criteria established by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Estimates from an ordered probit model suggest that starting to gamble while under the minimum legal age is associated with a higher likelihood of problem gambling.
随着全球赌博机会的增加，有可能影响年轻人的赌博行为和赌博相关伤害的流行程度。本文研究了年轻时（即低于法定最低赌博年龄）开始赌博是否会增加个人未来遭受某种赌博相关伤害的可能性。数据来自西班牙赌徒流行率、行为和特征研究，提供了关于受访者赌博起始年龄的信息，并根据《精神障碍诊断与统计手册》（DSM-IV）制定的标准评估赌博风险。有序概率模型的估计表明，在法定最低年龄以下开始赌博与出现赌博问题的可能性更高相关。
