Gambling and pathological gambling among university students

Students from six colleges and universities in five states in the U.S. (New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, and Nevada) were surveyed concerning their gambling behavior and the rate of pathological gambling. Type of gambling varied by state, with students in the northeast and Nevada gambling more...

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Published in:Addictive behaviors 1991, Vol.16 (6), p.517-527
Main Authors: Lesieur, Henry R., Cross, John, Frank, Michael, Welch, Michael, White, Carolyn M., Rubenstein, Garry, Moseley, Karen, Mark, Marie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Family
Female
Gambling - psychology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Minority Groups
Miscellaneous
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Religion
Sex Factors
Substance-Related Disorders
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Students from six colleges and universities in five states in the U.S. (New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, and Nevada) were surveyed concerning their gambling behavior and the rate of pathological gambling. Type of gambling varied by state, with students in the northeast and Nevada gambling more than students in Oklahoma and Texas. Over 90% of males and 82% of females had gambled. One third of the males and 15% of females gambled once a week or more. Rates of pathological gambling ranged from 8% in New York to 4% in Nevada. The incidence of pathological gambling was high among males, Hispanics, Asians, and Italian-Americans (compared with among other whites), students with non-traffic arrests, those with parents who have gambling problems, and those who abuse alcohol and other drugs. Pathological gambling was only weakly correlated with age, religion, lower grade point average in school, overeating, living in neighborhoods that are “poorer than most”, familyincome, and parental drug use. It was not correlated with academic year in college, marital ststus, parental occupation, parental alcohol, and bulimic behavior. The implications of the findings for further research and social policy are discussed.
ISSN:0306-4603
1873-6327
DOI:10.1016/0306-4603(91)90059-Q