TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Adolescent alcohol-drinking frequency and problem-gambling severity: adolescent perceptions regarding problem-gambling prevention and parental/adult behaviors and attitudes
JO  - Substance abuse
A1  - Rahman, Ardeshir S.
A1  - Balodis, Iris M.
A1  - Pilver, Corey E.
A1  - Leeman, Robert F.
A1  - Hoff, Rani A.
A1  - Steinberg, Marvin A.
A1  - Rugle, Loreen
A1  - Krishnan-Sarin, Suchitra
A1  - Potenza, Marc N.
SP  - 426
EP  - 434
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: To examine in adolescents how alcohol-drinking frequency relates to gambling-related attitudes and behaviors and their perceptions of both problem-gambling prevention strategies and adult (including parental) behaviors/attitudes. <br><br>METHODS: A survey assessing alcohol, gambling and health and functioning measures in 1609 high-school students. Students were stratified into low-frequency/non-drinking and high-frequency drinking groups, and into low-risk and at-risk/problematic gambling groups. <br><br>RESULTS: High-frequency drinking was associated with at-risk/problematic gambling (χ2(1, N = 1842) = 49.22, p<.0001). High-frequency-drinking versus low-frequency/non-drinking adolescents exhibited more permissive attitudes towards gambling (e.g., less likely to report multiple problem-gambling prevention efforts to be important). At-risk problematic gamblers exhibited more severe drinking patterns and greater likelihood of acknowledging parental approval of drinking (χ2(1, N = 1842) = 31.58, p<.0001). Problem-gambling severity was more strongly related to gambling with adults among high-frequency-drinking adolescents (odds ratio [OR] = 3.17, 95% confidence interval [95%CI] = [1.97, 5.09]) versus low-frequency/non-drinking (OR = 1.86, 95%CI = [0.61, 2.68]) adolescents (Interaction OR = 1.78, 95%CI = [1.05, 3.02]). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Inter-relationships between problematic drinking and gambling in youth may relate to more permissive attitudes across these domains. Stronger links between at-risk/problem gambling and gambling with adults in the high-frequency-drinking group raises the possibility that interventions targeting adults may help mitigate youth gambling and drinking.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0889-7077
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2014.951754
ID  - ref1
ER  -