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Anxiety and Social Stress Related to Adolescent Gambling Behavior and Substance Use (2006)
(Anxiété et stress chez les adolescents dépendants au jeu ou aux substances psychoactives)
Auteur(s) :
C. STE-MARIE ;
R. GUPTA ;
J. L. DEREVENSKY
Article en page(s) :
55-74
Refs biblio. :
42
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ADOLESCENT
;
JEU PATHOLOGIQUE
;
DEPENDANCE
;
PSYCHOTROPES
;
STRESS
;
ANXIETE
;
ETUDE DE CAS
Thésaurus géographique
QUEBEC
Résumé :
The relationship between anxiety, social stress, substance use, and gambling behavior was examined in a sample of 1,044 high school students from grades 7-11. Adolescents completed several instruments assessing their state, trait, and generalized anxiety, social stress, substance use, and gambling behavior. Results reveal that probable pathological gamblers report more daily and weekly alcohol consumption, use more uppers, downers, and hallucinatory drugs, and smoke more cigarettes on a daily basis compared with non-gamblers, social gamblers, and gamblers at-risk for serious problems. Probable pathological gamblers similarly reported higher levels of state anxiety, trait anxiety, and social stress compared with non-gamblers, social gamblers, and at-risk gamblers. Adolescents with the highest state and trait anxiety scores had more severe gambling and substance abuse problems. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors, McGill U niv., Montreal, Quebec, Canada