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Article de Périodique
Gambling and health risk behaviors among U.S. college student-athletes: findings from a national study (2007)
Auteur(s) :
HUANG, J. H. ;
JACOBS, D. F. ;
DEREVENSKY, J. L. ;
GUPTA, R. ;
PASKUS, T. S.
Année
2007
Page(s) :
390-397
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Addictions sans produit / Addictions without drug ; Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
MILIEU ETUDIANT
;
SPORT
;
JEUNE
;
ADOLESCENT
;
ENQUETE
;
JEU PATHOLOGIQUE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
ALCOOL
;
TABAC
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
PREVALENCE
Note générale :
Editorial: "Gambling with adolescent health", R.A. LaBrie, H.J. Shaffer, p. 387-389.
Résumé :
PURPOSE: To examine prevalence and associations of gambling problems and health risk behaviors among college athletes from the first national survey of gambling among U.S. college student-athletes.
METHODS: Conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), this self-administered and anonymous survey collected information from a nationally representative sample of 20,739 student-athletes.
RESULTS: Males consistently had higher past-year prevalence of gambling than females (e.g., 62.4% of males reported some type of gambling vs. 42.8% of females). Based on DSM-IV Gambling Screen, this study identified 4.3% of males and 0.4% of females as problem/pathological gamblers. A general upward trend existed that as the level of gambling problems increased, so did the prevalence of substance use, gorging/vomiting, and unprotected sex. Cross-group comparisons by gambler type were all significant. Problem and pathological gamblers also experienced significantly more drug/alcohol-related problems than non-gamblers and social gamblers.
CONCLUSIONS: Direct associations found between gambling and multiple risk behaviors in college student-athletes support the persistence of the youth problem-behavior syndrome and suggest the need for multi-faceted initiatives to tackle these risk behaviors simultaneously.
METHODS: Conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), this self-administered and anonymous survey collected information from a nationally representative sample of 20,739 student-athletes.
RESULTS: Males consistently had higher past-year prevalence of gambling than females (e.g., 62.4% of males reported some type of gambling vs. 42.8% of females). Based on DSM-IV Gambling Screen, this study identified 4.3% of males and 0.4% of females as problem/pathological gamblers. A general upward trend existed that as the level of gambling problems increased, so did the prevalence of substance use, gorging/vomiting, and unprotected sex. Cross-group comparisons by gambler type were all significant. Problem and pathological gamblers also experienced significantly more drug/alcohol-related problems than non-gamblers and social gamblers.
CONCLUSIONS: Direct associations found between gambling and multiple risk behaviors in college student-athletes support the persistence of the youth problem-behavior syndrome and suggest the need for multi-faceted initiatives to tackle these risk behaviors simultaneously.
Affiliation :
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada