ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2018
Gambling disorder in adolescents: what do we know about this social problem and its consequences?
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- Video slot machine use in adolescence: the role of self-efficacy beliefs, current and expected personal fulfillment at the social and educational level.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Cyberbullying and Gambling Disorder: Associations with Emotion Regulation and Coping Strategies.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
- Mediating Role of Rumination Between Anger and Anxious-Depressive Symptomatology in Family Members of People with Gambling Disorder.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
- A Conceptual Analysis of Mental Health Maladaptation in Postpartum.The Journal of perinatal education · 2023Article
- Investigating Adolescents' Video Gaming and Gambling Activities, and Their Relationship With Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Difficulties: Protocol for a Multi-Informant Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Global scientific production regarding behavioral addictions: An analysis of the literature from 1995 to 2019.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
- The Gambling Factors Related with the Level of Adolescent Problem Gambler.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Gambling disorder (GD) is a psychiatric condition and it is characterized by a maladaptive pattern of gambling behavior that persists despite negative consequences in major areas of life functioning. In Italy, CNR (National Research Council) underlined how over 17 million, 42.8% of the population aged 15-64 have a gambling behavior. Among them, there are over one million students, aged 15-19, equal to 44.2% of Italian students; the number of minors in Italy with GD in 2017 was 580,000, equal to 33.6%. Various psychosocial treatment models have been adapted for GD; on the other hand no drug has received regulatory approval in any jurisdiction as a specific psychopharmacological treatment for GD. Family therapy interventions for treatment of substance abuse problems have been adapted for adolescents GD. Given the increasing overall prevalence of adolescent gambling, it is imperative that Pediatricians appreciate that gambling problems can also afflict adolescents. In conclusion underage gambling appears to be associated positively with alcohol, tobacco and other substance use, as well as with other individual behaviors, therefore we need that collaborative efforts between scientific societies, government and stake holders can influence the uptake of research findings necessary to implement social policies and design effective public health intervention options. Educational-based problem gambling prevention programs are important avenues in targeting at-risk behaviors among adolescents to prevent an escalation of problematic behaviors into adulthood.
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