Gambling Among Young People, 837 kB

Contents
Foreword ____________________________________________________________________ 5
Summary ____________________________________________________________________ 6
1. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 7
Background __________________________________________________________________ 8
Aim ________________________________________________________________________ 9
Method______________________________________________________________________ 9
Definitions __________________________________________________________________ 10
Gaming in Sweden ____________________________________________________________ 11
2. Young people and gambling __________________________________________________ 13
Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 14
How much do young people gamble? ____________________________________________ 14
Popular games ______________________________________________________________ 15
Why children and young people gamble __________________________________________ 15
Children’s and young people’s perceptions of gambling ____________________________ 17
Differences between the gambling habits of girls and boys____________________________ 18
Summary __________________________________________________________________ 18
3. Pathological gambling – the assessment tools __________________________________ 21
Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 22
The most common tools ______________________________________________________ 22
The quality of the tools ________________________________________________________ 24
Summary __________________________________________________________________ 28
4. Pathological gambling in young people ________________________________________ 29
Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 30
The prevalence of pathological gambling in young people ____________________________ 30
Prevalence at different ages ____________________________________________________ 32
The gambling habits of young pathological gamblers ________________________________ 32
Other problems in young pathological gamblers __________________________________ 35
Pathological gambling – not a chronic state ______________________________________ 37
Summary __________________________________________________________________ 38
5. Risk factors of pathological gambling in young people ____________________________ 39
Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 40
Individual factors ____________________________________________________________ 41
Social network factors ________________________________________________________ 43
Differences between girls and boys ______________________________________________ 45
Summary __________________________________________________________________ 45