Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

Geographic accessibility has been linked to gambling behavior, but little is known about whether the perception of gambling availability in both offline and online venues is prospectively associated with adolescent gambling behavior. Further, relatively few studies have analyzed the interaction betw...

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Authors: Parrado González, Alberto, Fernández Calderón, Fermín, León Jariego, José Carlos
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repository:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/20415
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20415
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Perceived gambling availability
Online gambling
Geographic accessibility
Gambling self-efcacy
Gambling frequency
Adolescent problem gambling
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spelling Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-EfficacyParrado González, AlbertoFernández Calderón, FermínLeón Jariego, José CarlosPerceived gambling availabilityOnline gamblingGeographic accessibilityGambling self-efcacyGambling frequencyAdolescent problem gamblingGeographic accessibility has been linked to gambling behavior, but little is known about whether the perception of gambling availability in both offline and online venues is prospectively associated with adolescent gambling behavior. Further, relatively few studies have analyzed the interaction between environmental and individual factors in explaining adolescent gambling and problem gambling. This prospective study examined the association between perceived gambling availability, gambling frequency, and problem gambling among 554 adolescents aged 13–17 years (mean = 15.1, female 47.4%) and explored the moderating role of self-efficacy to control gambling in these associations. Participants completed assessments of perceived gambling availability and gambling self-efficacy at baseline. Gambling frequency and problem gambling were measured at follow-up. Two separate hierarchical regression models were applied to analyze the relationship of perceived gambling availability with gambling behavior and the moderating role of gambling self-efficacy. Results showed that a greater perception of gambling availability was associated with a higher gambling frequency and more problem gambling in adolescents. The impact of perceived gambling availability on gambling frequency and problem gambling was lower among participants with moderate gambling self-efficacy in comparison with participants with low gambling self-efficacy. In those adolescents with high self-efficacy to control gambling, perceived gambling availability was not associated either with gambling frequency or problem gambling. These results suggest the usefulness of implementing regulatory policies aimed at reducing gambling availability in adolescents, and the design of preventative interventions aimed at enhancing self-efficacy to control gambling. Springer20212021-12-0120212021-12-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10272/20415reponame:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelvainstname:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/204152026-06-02T14:58:11Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
title Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
spellingShingle Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
Parrado González, Alberto
Perceived gambling availability
Online gambling
Geographic accessibility
Gambling self-efcacy
Gambling frequency
Adolescent problem gambling
title_short Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
title_full Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
title_fullStr Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
title_full_unstemmed Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
title_sort Perceived Gamblíng Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Parrado González, Alberto
Fernández Calderón, Fermín
León Jariego, José Carlos
author Parrado González, Alberto
author_facet Parrado González, Alberto
Fernández Calderón, Fermín
León Jariego, José Carlos
author_role author
author2 Fernández Calderón, Fermín
León Jariego, José Carlos
author2_role author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Perceived gambling availability
Online gambling
Geographic accessibility
Gambling self-efcacy
Gambling frequency
Adolescent problem gambling
topic Perceived gambling availability
Online gambling
Geographic accessibility
Gambling self-efcacy
Gambling frequency
Adolescent problem gambling
description Geographic accessibility has been linked to gambling behavior, but little is known about whether the perception of gambling availability in both offline and online venues is prospectively associated with adolescent gambling behavior. Further, relatively few studies have analyzed the interaction between environmental and individual factors in explaining adolescent gambling and problem gambling. This prospective study examined the association between perceived gambling availability, gambling frequency, and problem gambling among 554 adolescents aged 13–17 years (mean = 15.1, female 47.4%) and explored the moderating role of self-efficacy to control gambling in these associations. Participants completed assessments of perceived gambling availability and gambling self-efficacy at baseline. Gambling frequency and problem gambling were measured at follow-up. Two separate hierarchical regression models were applied to analyze the relationship of perceived gambling availability with gambling behavior and the moderating role of gambling self-efficacy. Results showed that a greater perception of gambling availability was associated with a higher gambling frequency and more problem gambling in adolescents. The impact of perceived gambling availability on gambling frequency and problem gambling was lower among participants with moderate gambling self-efficacy in comparison with participants with low gambling self-efficacy. In those adolescents with high self-efficacy to control gambling, perceived gambling availability was not associated either with gambling frequency or problem gambling. These results suggest the usefulness of implementing regulatory policies aimed at reducing gambling availability in adolescents, and the design of preventative interventions aimed at enhancing self-efficacy to control gambling.
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