Citation

Ladouceur R, Dubé D, Bujold A. Can. J. Psychiatry 1994; 39(5): 289-293.

Affiliation

Laval University, Quebec, Quebec.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Canadian Psychiatric Association, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8044745

Abstract

The prevalence of pathological gambling and problems associated with it were measured among 1,471 students of three colleges in the Quebec city metropolitan area. Almost 90% of the students had gambled and 21.7% of the students engage in this behaviour once a week or more. The prevalence of pathological gamblers was found to be 2.8% for the entire sample. The percentage of pathological gamblers was much higher among males (5.7%) than females (0.6%). The results indicate that pathological gambling is associated with economic, professional and interpersonal problems. The discussion addresses the implications of the present findings and suggests avenues for future research.

Language: en