Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Gambling is an impulse control disorder that causes many problems for people who suffer from this. In the case of young people and teenagers this circumstance is especially serious because there is a large number of pathological gamblers in this age group, and since the onset of pathological gambling lies in adolescence. There are, however, few studies on this. The objective of this research was therefore to analyse the profi le of pathological gamblers among young people and teenagers from the Spanish Federation of Rehabilitated Gamblers (FEJAR). To do this we used a qualitative methodology through discussion groups. The study involved 31 young people and teenagers from 16 to 26 years of age and adolescents at risk of problem gambling. The results showed the age of starting to gamble, the game type, the use of money as well as the consequences of gambling in their lives. This study is useful to gain in- depth knowledge on pathological gambling in adolescence.
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W653924712