Prevention: Focus on gambling in youth and young adults. Petry, N. M. In pages 269–278. American Psychological Association; US, 2005.
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Treating gambling in youth may prevent pathological gambling in adulthood, when the problem can manifest with more significant and widespread adverse consequences. Adolescents may deplete their spending money and steal from parents or others to gamble; however, when they become adults, they have even greater access to a variety of sources of money, and they can more easily accumulate large debts via credit card, second mortgages, and so on. Furthermore, adults are more likely to be financially and emotionally supportive of others, such as spouses, children, and older parents. Gambling problems in adolescents typically affect the adolescent, his or her parents, and possibly members of his or her social circle. As mentioned in earlier chapters, gambling often begins in adolescence, and age is inversely associated with rates of disordered gambling. In this chapter I outline some of the instruments that are used to assess disordered gambling in youth. I review prevalence rates and risk factors for problem and pathological gambling in adolescents and young adults, and I describe the few reports of treating gambling problems in this population. I conclude the chapter with a section on prevention and early intervention strategies that are applicable to both adolescents and adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
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	title = {Prevention: {Focus} on gambling in youth and young adults},
	isbn = {978-1-59147-173-8},
	shorttitle = {Prevention},
	abstract = {Treating gambling in youth may prevent pathological gambling in adulthood, when the problem can manifest with more significant and widespread adverse consequences. Adolescents may deplete their spending money and steal from parents or others to gamble; however, when they become adults, they have even greater access to a variety of sources of money, and they can more easily accumulate large debts via credit card, second mortgages, and so on. Furthermore, adults are more likely to be financially and emotionally supportive of others, such as spouses, children, and older parents. Gambling problems in adolescents typically affect the adolescent, his or her parents, and possibly members of his or her social circle. As mentioned in earlier chapters, gambling often begins in adolescence, and age is inversely associated with rates of disordered gambling. In this chapter I outline some of the instruments that are used to assess disordered gambling in youth. I review prevalence rates and risk factors for problem and pathological gambling in adolescents and young adults, and I describe the few reports of treating gambling problems in this population. I conclude the chapter with a section on prevention and early intervention strategies that are applicable to both adolescents and adults. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)},
	language = {English},
	publisher = {American Psychological Association; US},
	author = {Petry, Nancy M.},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {269--278},
}

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