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Gambling patterns and associated risk and protective factors among Finnish young people
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: In recent years online gambling has become a potential risk for young people. The purpose of this study was to analyse patterns of gambling activities and their association with behavioural risk factors and protective factors. DATA AND METHOD: A demographically balanced sample o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072518779657 |
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author | Oksanen, Atte Sirola, Anu Savolainen, Iina Kaakinen, Markus |
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description | BACKGROUND AND AIMS: In recent years online gambling has become a potential risk for young people. The purpose of this study was to analyse patterns of gambling activities and their association with behavioural risk factors and protective factors. DATA AND METHOD: A demographically balanced sample of Finnish respondents aged 15–25 years (N = 1200) filled out an online survey in March–April 2017. Principal component analysis was used to reduce the variables on gambling activities to smaller sets of components, and regression analysis was used to analyse whether behavioural risk factors and protective factors were associated with the gambling patterns found. RESULTS: Two main components were found: online- and skill-based competent gambling and chance-based entertainment gambling. Competent gambling had statistically significant associations with a variety of behavioural problems and risks, including psychological distress, lower social support, lower delay of gratification, hazardous drinking, regular drug use, compulsive Internet use, and problem gambling. Entertainment gambling was associated with lower delay gratification, hazardous drinking, and problem gambling. Entertainment gambling had a negative association with compulsive Internet use and a positive association with social support. CONCLUSIONS: Online-based competent gambling is a potentially hazardous form of gambling. New forms of online gambling are potential risks for younger generations. Health professionals working with young people should be aware of the role of online gambling and associated activities. |
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spelling | pubmed-74341242020-09-14 Gambling patterns and associated risk and protective factors among Finnish young people Oksanen, Atte Sirola, Anu Savolainen, Iina Kaakinen, Markus Nordisk Alkohol Nark Research Reports BACKGROUND AND AIMS: In recent years online gambling has become a potential risk for young people. The purpose of this study was to analyse patterns of gambling activities and their association with behavioural risk factors and protective factors. DATA AND METHOD: A demographically balanced sample of Finnish respondents aged 15–25 years (N = 1200) filled out an online survey in March–April 2017. Principal component analysis was used to reduce the variables on gambling activities to smaller sets of components, and regression analysis was used to analyse whether behavioural risk factors and protective factors were associated with the gambling patterns found. RESULTS: Two main components were found: online- and skill-based competent gambling and chance-based entertainment gambling. Competent gambling had statistically significant associations with a variety of behavioural problems and risks, including psychological distress, lower social support, lower delay of gratification, hazardous drinking, regular drug use, compulsive Internet use, and problem gambling. Entertainment gambling was associated with lower delay gratification, hazardous drinking, and problem gambling. Entertainment gambling had a negative association with compulsive Internet use and a positive association with social support. CONCLUSIONS: Online-based competent gambling is a potentially hazardous form of gambling. New forms of online gambling are potential risks for younger generations. Health professionals working with young people should be aware of the role of online gambling and associated activities. SAGE Publications 2019-04-09 2019-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7434124/ /pubmed/32934557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072518779657 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Research Reports Oksanen, Atte Sirola, Anu Savolainen, Iina Kaakinen, Markus Gambling patterns and associated risk and protective factors among Finnish young people |
title | Gambling patterns and associated risk and protective factors among
Finnish young people |
title_full | Gambling patterns and associated risk and protective factors among
Finnish young people |
title_fullStr | Gambling patterns and associated risk and protective factors among
Finnish young people |
title_full_unstemmed | Gambling patterns and associated risk and protective factors among
Finnish young people |
title_short | Gambling patterns and associated risk and protective factors among
Finnish young people |
title_sort | gambling patterns and associated risk and protective factors among
finnish young people |
topic | Research Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1455072518779657 |
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