TY - JOUR
TI - Adolescent gambling in greater Athens area: a cross-sectional study
AU - Anagnostopoulos, D.C.
AU - Lazaratou, H.
AU - Paleologou, M.P.
AU - Peppou, L.E.
AU - Economou, M.
AU - Malliori, M.
AU - Papadimitriou, G.N.
AU - Papageorgiou, C.
JO - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
PY - 2017
VL - 52
TODO - 11
SP - 1345-1351
PB - Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag GmbH and Co. KG
SN - 0933-7954, 1433-9285
TODO - 10.1007/s00127-017-1431-8
TODO - adolescent;  behavior;  cross-sectional study;  DSM-IV;  female;  gambling;  gender;  Greece;  household;  human;  major clinical study;  male;  prevalence;  questionnaire;  risk assessment;  risk factor;  student;  addiction;  adolescent behavior;  cross-sectional study;  economic recession;  epidemiology;  gambling;  prevalence;  psychology;  statistics and numerical data, Adolescent;  Adolescent Behavior;  Behavior, Addictive;  Cross-Sectional Studies;  Economic Recession;  Female;  Gambling;  Greece;  Humans;  Male;  Prevalence;  Risk Factors;  Students;  Surveys and Questionnaires
TODO - Purpose: Problem gambling in adolescents has recently emerged as a pressing public health concern. In this context and in light of the pervasive financial crisis in Greece, the present study aimed to explore adolescents’ gambling involvement in Athens region to estimate the prevalence of its problematic form and to identify its risk/protective factors. Methods: A total of 2141 students were recruited from a representative sample of 51 schools located in greater Athens area. The presence of problem gambling was assessed through the use of the DSM-IV-MR-J questionnaire. Data were collected in the form of a self-reported questionnaire during one school hour. Results: Results indicate that 1-year prevalence of high severity problem gambling was found to be 5.6%. Regarding the risk factors for problem gambling; male gender, parental engagement with gambling activities, living without the parents, low grades at school, foreign nationality and the referent absence of availability of food in the household, increased the risk of suffering from the disorder. Conclusion: Gambling behavior among adolescents constitutes a problem in Greece and highlights the need for designing and implementing appropriate preventive interventions, especially amid the ongoing financial crisis. © 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
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