Mental health and gambling in urban female adolescents

J Adolesc Health. 2007 May;40(5):463-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.12.008. Epub 2007 Feb 15.

Abstract

This study explores differences in mental health and behavioral disturbances between female gamblers versus nongamblers from a community sample of 232 female urban youth. Female adolescent recreational gambling was associated with high levels of childhood hyperactivity measured at age 6, past-year substance use, and past-year anxiety symptoms.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Age Factors
  • Anxiety / diagnosis
  • Anxiety / epidemiology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cohort Studies
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Depressive Disorder / diagnosis
  • Depressive Disorder / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Gambling / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Mental Health*
  • Odds Ratio
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk-Taking*
  • Sex Factors
  • Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Urban Population