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Epidemiology of Youth Gambling Problems in Canada: A National Prevalence Study

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Huang, Jiun-Hau, Boyer, Richard·2007·The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.1177/070674370705201006
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Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of gambling problems among youth aged 15 to 24 years in Canada and to examine whether these gambling prevalence patterns differ by sex and (or) by geographic region. Method: We used data from The Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-Being. Gambling problems were determined according to the Canadian Problem Gambling Index. All prevalence estimates used appropriate sampling weights and bootstrap variance estimation procedures developed by Statistics Canada. Multivariate logistic regression modelling was also employed to supplement the above prevalence comparisons by age, sex, and region. Results: Among Canadian youth aged 15 to 24 years ( n = 5666), 61.35% gambled in the past 12 months and the national prevalence of moderate-risk or problem gambling was 2.22% (3.30% in male respondents and 1.10% in female respondents). Male respondents had significantly higher prevalence of gambling problems than female respondents. Regional prevalence estimates of youth moderate-risk or problem gambling were 1.37% in British Columbia, 2.17% in the Prairie provinces, 2.75% in Ontario, 2.12% in Quebec, and 1.71% in the Atlantic provinces. Conclusions: Youth, particularly young men, are at greater risk for gambling problems than adults. More prevention and research efforts are also needed to address the observed sex differences and interregional variability in the prevalence of gambling problems among youth. The national prevalence estimates from this study provide important baseline data against which future cohorts of Canadians can be monitored and measured.

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    “Very few adolescents, college students and young adults present for gambling treatment (Monaghan & Wood, 2010), even though this age group experiences gambling problems at disproportionately high rates (Dickson, Derevensky, & Gupta, 2008; Hansen & Rossow, 2008; Huang & Boyer, 2007; Molde, Pallesen, Bartone, Hystad, & Johnsen, 2009; Petry et al., 2008).”

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Authors
Huang, J.-H., & Boyer, R.
Affiliations
Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal (CA)
Corresponding author
Huang, Jiun-Hau
ORCID
Huang, Jiun-Hau
Venue
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2007-10
Volume
52
Issue
10
Pages
657-665
ISSN
  • 0706-7437 (ISSN-L)
  • 1497-0015
DOI
10.1177/070674370705201006
OpenAlex
W1619888190
Cited by
105
References
33
Citations by year
2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 7
FWCI
5.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Centre de Recherche Fernand-Seguin, Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine
  • Université de Montréal
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Keywords
youth gambling, problem gambling, gambling prevalence, sex differences, regional variation, young adults, Canadian Community Health Survey, Canadian Problem Gambling Index, gambling prevention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Canada, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Gambling, Humans, Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Prevalence

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