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Contents Foreword ____________________________________________________________________ 5 Summary ____________________________________________________________________ 6 1. Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 7 Background __________________________________________________________________ 8 Aim ________________________________________________________________________ 9 Method______________________________________________________________________ 9 Definitions __________________________________________________________________ 10 Gaming in Sweden ____________________________________________________________ 11 2. <strong>Young</strong> 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
6. Prevention ________________________________________________________________ 47 Introduction ________________________________________________________________ 48 Evaluated primary preventive (universal) measures ________________________________ 48 Treating adult pathological gamblers ____________________________________________ 49 Practical experience of treating young pathological gamblers ________________________ 49 Theoretical prevention models __________________________________________________ 50 Summary____________________________________________________________________ 51 Appendix: Table 1. A list of the proportion of adolescents who have gambled or who have some type of gambling problem __________________________ 54 References __________________________________________________________________ 55
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