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Excitement-Seeking Gambling in Adolescents: Health Correlates and Gambling-Related Attitudes and Behaviors.
Farhat, Luis C; Wampler, Jeremy; Steinberg, Marvin A; Krishnan-Sarin, Suchitra; Hoff, Rani A; Potenza, Marc N.
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  • Farhat LC; Departamento de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • Wampler J; Problem Gambling Services, Middletown, CT, USA.
  • Steinberg MA; , Guilford, CT, USA.
  • Krishnan-Sarin S; Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Hoff RA; Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
  • Potenza MN; Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
J Gambl Stud ; 37(1): 43-57, 2021 Mar.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32691199
Motivational characteristics such as excitement-seeking are key components of models of addiction, including problem gambling. Previous studies have established associations between excitement-seeking and problem gambling in youth. However, these studies have employed dimensional psychological assessments which are unlikely to be routinely administered. Other approaches to conceptualize excitement-seeking could be of value. In the present study, we employed a single question (What are the reasons that you gamble?) to identify adolescents who reported excitement-seeking motivation for gambling. Cross-sectional data from 2030 adolescent gamblers who participated in a Connecticut high-school survey were examined. Gambling perceptions and correlates of problem-gambling severity were examined relative to excitement-seeking and non-excitement-seeking gambling. Gambling perceptions were more permissive and at-risk/problem gambling was more frequent among adolescents with excitement-seeking gambling versus non-excitement-seeking gambling. A weaker relationship between problem-gambling severity and moderate and heavy alcohol use was observed for excitement-seeking versus non-excitement-seeking gambling. Excitement-seeking gambling is associated with more permissive gambling-related attitudes and riskier gambling behaviors and may account for some variance in adolescent risk of heavy alcohol use. A single question may provide important information for identifying adolescents who are at elevated risk of problem gambling and associated negative outcomes, although the utility of the question in specific settings warrants direct examination, especially given the observed high prevalence of excitement-seeking motivations for gambling.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Conducta del Adolescente / Juego de Azar / Motivación Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Gambl Stud Asunto de la revista: PSICOLOGIA Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Brasil Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Conducta del Adolescente / Juego de Azar / Motivación Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Gambl Stud Asunto de la revista: PSICOLOGIA Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Brasil Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos