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ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2022

Prevalence and types of video gaming and gambling activities among adolescent public school students: findings from a cross-sectional study in Italy.

Loredana Cena, Matteo Rota, Stefano Calza, Alice Trainini, Sara Zecca, Sofia Bonetti Zappa, Luisa Silvia Nodari, Alberto Stefana

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Article in Italian journal of pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Loredana CenaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Section of Neuroscience, Observatory of Perinatal Clinical Psychology, University of Brescia, viale Europa, 11 - 25123, Brescia, Italy. loredana.cena@unibs.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3162-9237
Matteo RotaUnits of Biostatistics and Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Stefano CalzaUnits of Biostatistics and Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Alice TraininiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Section of Neuroscience, Observatory of Perinatal Clinical Psychology, University of Brescia, viale Europa, 11 - 25123, Brescia, Italy.
Sara ZeccaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Section of Neuroscience, Observatory of Perinatal Clinical Psychology, University of Brescia, viale Europa, 11 - 25123, Brescia, Italy.
Sofia Bonetti ZappaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Section of Neuroscience, Observatory of Perinatal Clinical Psychology, University of Brescia, viale Europa, 11 - 25123, Brescia, Italy.
Luisa Silvia NodariDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Section of Neuroscience, Observatory of Perinatal Clinical Psychology, University of Brescia, viale Europa, 11 - 25123, Brescia, Italy.
Alberto StefanaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Section of Neuroscience, Observatory of Perinatal Clinical Psychology, University of Brescia, viale Europa, 11 - 25123, Brescia, Italy.
University of Brescia · ITUniversity of Pavia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescence is characterized by emotional instability and risk-taking behaviours that can lead to, among other things, an increased risk of developing pathological video-gaming and gambling habits. The aim of this Study is to assess the prevalence and type of video gaming and gambling habits in adolescent students attending Italian upper-secondary schools. The cross-sectional study was conducted via an online survey using validated questionnaires. The primary outcome measures were the prevalence of past-year video gaming and gambling activities. The sample consisted of 502 adolescent students from first- and second-grade secondary schools. A total of 40.8% of participants were video gamers, 4.8% were gamblers, 17.8% were both video gamers and gamblers, and the remaining 36.6% were not players. Among participants who reported video gaming activity (n = 294), 68.0% were classified as nonproblem gamers, 24.5% as at-risk gamers, and 7.5% as disordered video gamers. Among the participants who reported gambling activity (n = 113), 85.8% were not problematic gamblers, 8.9% were at-risk gamblers, and 5.3% were pathological gamblers. Only 0.2% of all subjects met the criteria for both pathological gambling and pathological video game use. The findings indicate that video gaming and gambling are common leisure times among adolescent students. However, a small but significant minority of these adolescents met the criteria for either severe problem gaming or gambling or both.

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GamblingVideo GamesAdolescentCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPrevalenceSchoolsStudentsAdolescenceGambling behavioursVideo gaming behaviours

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