TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathways of youth gambling problem severity
AU - Winters, Ken C
AU - Stinchfield, Randy D
AU - Botzet, Andria
AU - Slutske, Wendy S.
PY - 2005/3/1
Y1 - 2005/3/1
N2 - Prospective studies are needed to advance knowledge of the developmental features of gambling involvement and associated problems. Developmental pathways of youth gambling problem severity (no problem gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling) are described on the basis of a 3-wave data set that spans midadolescence to young adulthood (N = 305). The most prevalent group was the resistors (no problem gambling at all data points); 60% of study participants were in this group. New incidence cases (no problem gambling followed by at-risk or problem gambling) and desistors (at-risk or problem gambling followed by no problem gambling) were found among 21% and 13% of participants, respectively. Only 4% of cases were persistors, that is, at-risk or problem gambling at all 3 data waves. Findings are discussed in light of extant research on adolescent gambling that heretofore has not benefited from a developmental pathway perspective.
AB - Prospective studies are needed to advance knowledge of the developmental features of gambling involvement and associated problems. Developmental pathways of youth gambling problem severity (no problem gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling) are described on the basis of a 3-wave data set that spans midadolescence to young adulthood (N = 305). The most prevalent group was the resistors (no problem gambling at all data points); 60% of study participants were in this group. New incidence cases (no problem gambling followed by at-risk or problem gambling) and desistors (at-risk or problem gambling followed by no problem gambling) were found among 21% and 13% of participants, respectively. Only 4% of cases were persistors, that is, at-risk or problem gambling at all 3 data waves. Findings are discussed in light of extant research on adolescent gambling that heretofore has not benefited from a developmental pathway perspective.
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U2 - 10.1037/0893-164X.19.1.104
DO - 10.1037/0893-164X.19.1.104
M3 - Article
C2 - 15783285
AN - SCOPUS:15244351561
VL - 19
SP - 104
EP - 107
JO - Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
JF - Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
SN - 0893-164X
IS - 1
ER -