@article{ref1,
title="Risk-taking, delay discounting, and time perspective in adolescent gamblers: an experimental study",
journal="Journal of gambling studies",
year="2016",
author="Cosenza, Marina and Griffiths, Mark D. and Nigro, Giovanna and Ciccarelli, Maria",
volume="33",
number="2",
pages="383-395",
abstract="Previous research has demonstrated that adult pathological gamblers (compared to controls) show risk-proneness, foreshortened time horizon, and preference for immediate rewards. No study has ever examined the interplay of these factors in adolescent gambling. A total of 104 adolescents took part in the research. Two equal-number groups of adolescent non-problem and problem gamblers, defined using the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents, were administered the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), the Consideration of Future Consequences (CFC-14) scale, and the Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ). Adolescent problem gamblers were found to be more risk-prone, more oriented to the present, and to discount delay rewards more steeply than adolescent non-problem gamblers. <br><br>RESULTS of logistic regression analysis revealed that BART, MCQ, and CFC scores predicted gambling severity. These novel finding provides the first evidence of an association among problematic gambling, high risk-taking proneness, steep delay discounting, and foreshortened time horizon among adolescents. It may be that excessive gambling induces shortsighted behaviors that, in turn, facilitate gambling involvement.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1050-5350",
doi="10.1007/s10899-016-9623-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-016-9623-9"
}