Abstract
This study explores gender differences in lifetime and recent substance use/internalizing behavior, childhood externalizing behavior, and gambling preferences among African-American youth gamblers. Data are from a prospective study of a community sample of 452 urban African-American youths who began at entry into first grade and were followed for ten years. Gambling was associated with high teacher ratings of childhood externalizing behaviors among males and with high parent ratings of childhood impulsivity and hyperactivity among both genders. Internalizing behavior was associated with female gambling. No male-female differences in substance use/lifetime conduct disorder among gamblers were noted. Gambling preferences/frequency differed across genders.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Multicenter Study
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Randomized Controlled Trial
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Achievement
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Adolescent
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Affective Symptoms / diagnosis
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Affective Symptoms / epidemiology
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Affective Symptoms / ethnology*
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Affective Symptoms / psychology
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Aggression / psychology
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / diagnosis
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / epidemiology
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / ethnology*
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / psychology
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Baltimore
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Black People / psychology*
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Black People / statistics & numerical data
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Black or African American
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Child Behavior Disorders / diagnosis
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Child Behavior Disorders / epidemiology
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Child Behavior Disorders / ethnology*
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Child Behavior Disorders / psychology
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Comorbidity
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Conduct Disorder / diagnosis
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Conduct Disorder / epidemiology
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Conduct Disorder / ethnology
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Conduct Disorder / psychology
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / diagnosis
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Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / epidemiology
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Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / ethnology*
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Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / psychology
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Female
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Gambling / psychology*
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Humans
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Internal-External Control*
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Longitudinal Studies
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Male
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Prospective Studies
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Sex Ratio
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis
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Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
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Substance-Related Disorders / ethnology*
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Substance-Related Disorders / psychology
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Urban Population / statistics & numerical data*
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White People / psychology
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White People / statistics & numerical data