Journal article
The intergenerational transmission of problem gambling: The mediating role of parental psychopathology
NA Dowling, K Shandley, E Oldenhof, GJ Youssef, SA Thomas, E Frydenberg, AC Jackson
Addictive Behaviors | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2016
Abstract
The present study investigated the intergenerational transmission of problem gambling and the potential mediating role of parental psychopathology (problem drinking, drug use problems, and mental health issues). The study comprised 3953 participants (1938 males, 2015 females) recruited from a large-scale Australian community telephone survey of adults retrospectively reporting on parental problem gambling and psychopathology during their childhood. Overall, 4.0% [95%CI 3.0, 5.0] (n = 157) of participants reported paternal problem gambling and 1.7% [95%CI 1.0, 2.0] (n = 68) reported maternal problem gambling. Compared to their peers, participants reporting paternal problem gambling were 5.1 t..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This data presented in this study was collected for the Children at Risk Study funded by Gambling Research Australia (tender number 103/06). Gambling Research Australia had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.