Gambling and Substance Use Among Youth in the U.S.

美国青少年的赌博和药物滥用情况

基本信息

批准号：
6606465
负责人：
JOHN W WELTE
金额：
$ 25.18万
依托单位：
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2003
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2003-02-01 至 2007-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The recent expansion of gambling opportunities in the U.S. has been intended for adults, yet gambling extends to young people. In fact, existing research shows that adolescents and young adults are more likely to be classified as problem gamblers than older adults. Gambling among young people is also linked with substance use and delinquency. In spite of the increasing concern about youthful gambling, there have been no large representative U.S. studies of gambling and related behaviors among youth. The present study will be among the first. Our aims are: 1) to determine the prevalence and demographic patterns of gambling behaviors and pathological gambling among U.S. youth, 2) to examine the relationship of youth gambling to social and ecological factors such as neighborhood disadvantage, permissiveness of gambling laws, availability of gambling modalities, and the influence of peer gambling, 3) to examine the relationship between youth gambling and alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use, as well as conduct disorder and risky sexual behavior. We will conduct a computer-assisted telephone survey to interview 2500 U.S. residents aged 14 to 21. We will use a sample of phone numbers which is carefully stratified geographically to represent every area of the country. When contacting a household that contains more than one person aged 14-21, we will select the respondent at random. Tract-level and block-level census data will be used to characterize each respondent's neighborhood. A state-level data set will characterize the permissiveness of each state's gambling laws. Data analyses will examine the demographic and regional patterns of gambling behavior and pathology among U.S. youth. Further analyses will predict gambling behavior and pathology from geographic variables including permissiveness of state gambling laws and neighborhood social disadvantage, and examine the co-morbidity between pathological gambling and substance abuse as well as conduct disorder.

描述（由申请人提供）：最近美国赌博机会的扩大主要针对成年人，但赌博已扩展到年轻人。事实上，现有研究表明，青少年和年轻人比老年人更有可能被归类为问题赌徒。年轻人的赌博也与药物滥用和犯罪有关。尽管人们越来越关注青少年赌博，但美国还没有针对青少年赌博及相关行为进行大规模的代表性研究。目前的研究将是首批研究之一。我们的目标是：1) 确定美国青少年赌博行为和病态赌博的流行程度和人口统计模式，2) 研究青少年赌博与社会和生态因素（例如邻里劣势、赌博法律的宽容性、赌博的可用性）的关系方式以及同伴赌博的影响，3）研究青少年赌博与酒精、烟草和大麻使用以及行为障碍和危险性行为之间的关系。我们将进行一项计算机辅助电话调查，采访 2500 名 14 至 21 岁的美国居民。我们将使用按地理位置仔细分层的电话号码样本，以代表该国的每个地区。当联系超过 1 名 14-21 岁人口的家庭时，我们将随机选择受访者。地区级和街区级人口普查数据将用于描述每个受访者所在社区的特征。州级数据集将描述每个州赌博法的允许程度。数据分析将研究美国青少年赌博行为和病理的人口统计和区域模式。进一步的分析将从地理变量（包括州赌博法的允许性和社区社会劣势）预测赌博行为和病理学，并检查病理性赌博与药物滥用以及行为障碍之间的共病。