Abstract
In the wake of rapid expansion of legal gambling internationally, studies of adolescent gambling involvement and problem gambling prevalence have been carried out in numerous jurisdictions. This chapter reviews adolescent gambling prevalence studies carried out in North America, Europe, and Oceania. Based on this review, work is clearly needed to assess the impact of survey methods on identified prevalence rates and to improve the measurement of problem gambling among adolescents. From a substantive perspective, several clear demographic and behavioral characteristics are associated with gambling involvement and problem gambling among youth. However, early assumptions about youth gambling and problem gambling must give way to more nuanced understandings of how these phenomena change in response to changes in the social and cultural environment. We have traveled some distance down the road toward understanding the determinants as well as the distribution of youth gambling and problem gambling, but there is still a long way to go.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Youth Gambling |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Hidden Addiction |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Pages | 19-56 |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783110255690 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783110255201 |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Oct 2011 |