Year: 2006
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: In recent literature, adolescent gambling has become a hot topic of discussion.There are several reasons for this phenomenon.During the past decade, legalized gambling, such as lotteries, high-stakes casinos, and video lottery terminals have expanded rapidly.In the developmental course, adolescents are susceptible to the engagement of health risk behaviors and frequently disregard their possible negative consequences (Clayton, 1992).With regard to gambling, the predominant belief is that it is a mode of entertainment and it has very few, if any, negative consequences.It is partly due to this perception that implementing programs to treat adolescents with gambling problems have not been widely accepted or developed in the past.It is known that some adolescent problem behaviors are connected with morbidity and mortality (e.g., automobile accidents resulting from drinking and driving) (Chassin & DeLucia, 1996).The prevalence data on adolescent gambling behaviors are provocative.Among young people, gambling involvement is common, with some gambling occurring among most American adolescents (Jacobs, 1989a(Jacobs, , 2000, in this volume;, in this volume; Stinchfield & Winters, 1998).The estimates of problem or 1.
Institution: University of Minnesota
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W30254276