Journal article
The relationship between gambling attitudes, involvement, and problems in adolescence: Examining the moderating role of coping strategies and parenting styles
RW Dixon, GJ Youssef, P Hasking, M Yücel, AC Jackson, NA Dowling
Addictive Behaviors | Published : 2016
Abstract
Introduction: Several factors are associated with an increased risk of adolescent problem gambling, including positive gambling attitudes, higher levels of gambling involvement, ineffective coping strategies and unhelpful parenting practices. It is less clear, however, how these factors interact or influence each other in the development of problem gambling behavior during adolescence. The aim of the current study was to simultaneously explore these predictors, with a particular focus on the extent to which coping skills and parenting styles may moderate the expected association between gambling involvement and gambling problems. Methods: Participants were 612 high school students. The data ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This manuscript involved secondary data analysis from the Children at Risk for Developing Gambling Problems project funded by Gambling Research Australia (GRA; Dowling, Jackson, Thomas, & Frydenberg, 2010). Author MY is supported by a fellowship award from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (#1021973). The Problem Gambling Research and Treatment Centre, at which Authors ND and AJ were employed at the time of data collection, was funded by the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (VRGF). GRA, the NHMRC, and the VRGF did not have any role in the study design, data collection, data analysis or interpretation, manuscript preparation, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.