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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Adult Gambling Problems and Histories of Mental Health and Substance Use: Findings from a Prospective Multi-Wave Australian Cohort Study.

Stephanie S Merkouris, Christopher J Greenwood, George J Youssef, Primrose Letcher, Suzanne Vassallo, Nicki A Dowling, Craig A Olsson

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Stephanie S MerkourisCentre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9037-6121
Christopher J GreenwoodCentre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia.
George J YoussefCentre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia.
Primrose LetcherCentre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Suzanne VassalloAustralian Institute of Family Studies, Level 4, 40 City Road, Southbank, VIC 3006, Australia.
Nicki A DowlingCentre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8592-2407
Craig A OlssonCentre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5927-2014
Deakin University · AURoyal Children's Hospital · AUAustralian Institute of Family Studies · AU

Funding

Australian Research Council DP130101459; DP160103160; DP180102447National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia APP1082406
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about the cumulative effect of adolescent and young adult mental health difficulties and substance use problems on gambling behaviour in adulthood. We use data from one of Australia's longest running studies of social and emotional development to examine the extent to which: (1) mental health symptoms (depressive and anxiety symptoms) and substance use (weekly binge drinking, tobacco, and cannabis use) from adolescence (13-18 years) into young adulthood (19-28 years) predict gambling problems in adulthood (31-32 years); and (2) risk relationships differ by sex. Analyses were based on responses from 1365 adolescent and young adult participants, spanning seven waves of data collection (1998-2014). Persistent adolescent to young adult binge drinking, tobacco use and cannabis use predicted gambling at age 31-32 years (OR = 2.30-3.42). Binge drinking and tobacco use in young adulthood also predicted gambling at age 31-32 years (OR = 2.04-2.54). Prior mental health symptoms were not associated with gambling and no risk relationships differed by sex. Findings suggest that gambling problems in adulthood may be related to the earlier development of other addictive behaviours, and that interventions targeting substance use from adolescence to young adulthood may confer additional gains in preventing later gambling behaviours.

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alcoholanxietycannabisdepressiongamblinglongitudinalmental healthpersistentproblem gamblingsubstance usetobacco

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PMID33915774
PMCPMC8037618
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