@article{ref1,
title="Weapon-carrying is associated with more permissive gambling attitudes and perceptions and at-risk/problem gambling in adolescents",
journal="Journal of behavioral addictions",
year="2019",
author="Zhai, Zu Wei and Hoff, Rani A. and Magruder, Caitlin F. and Steinberg, Marvin A. and Wampler, Jeremy and Krishnan-Sarin, Suchitra and Potenza, Marc N.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A recent call to action highlighted the need to understand the relationship between problem gambling, violence, and health/functioning. As weapon-carrying and gambling behaviors are prevalent in adolescents, this study systematically examined relationships between weapon-carrying status and measures of problem gambling severity and gambling perceptions and attitudes, as well as how weapon-carrying status moderated relationships between problem gambling severity and measures of health/functioning and gambling behavior. <br><br>METHODS: Participants were 2,301 Connecticut high-school adolescents. χ<sup>2</sup> and logistic regression models were conducted. <br><br>RESULTS: Weapon-carriers reported greater problem gambling severity, more permissive gambling perceptions, greater parental approval of gambling, and more family gambling concerns, compared to non-weapon-carriers. At-risk/problem gambling was more strongly associated with family, peers, and adult gambling partners among non-weapon-carriers (vs. weapon-carriers) and with machine gambling among weapon-carriers (vs. non-weapon-carriers). <br><br>DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Greater problem gambling severity and more permissive gambling perceptions and perceived parental approval of gambling in weapon-carrying adolescents suggest that parent-child relationships are important to be considered in prevention efforts. The moderated relationship by weapon-carrying status between problem gambling severity and gambling partners suggests a problem gambling risk group that may be less linked to gambling with traditional social support groups, and this group may benefit from targeted interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2062-5871",
doi="10.1556/2006.8.2019.42",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.8.2019.42"
}