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Abstract
The increasing availability of gambling opportunities worldwide has the potential to impact youth gambling behavior and the prevalence of gambling-related harm. This paper studies whether starting gambling at an early age (i.e., below the minimum legal gambling age) increases an individual's likelihood of suffering some kind of gambling-related harm in the future. Data taken from the Study on the Prevalence, Behavior and Characteristics of Gamblers in Spain provide information on respondents' gambling starting age and assess gambling risk based on criteria established by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Estimates from an ordered probit model suggest that starting to gamble while under the minimum legal age is associated with a higher likelihood of problem gambling.
全球范围内赌博机会的不断增加有可能影响青少年的赌博行为以及与赌博相关的伤害的发生率。本文研究了早年开始赌博（即低于法定最低赌博年龄）是否会增加个人未来遭受某种赌博相关伤害的可能性。西班牙赌徒的流行率、行为和特征研究》（Study on the Prevalence, Behavior and Characteristics of Gamblers in Spain）中的数据提供了受访者开始赌博年龄的信息，并根据《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》（DSM-IV）制定的标准对赌博风险进行了评估。有序概率模型的估计结果表明，在未达到最低法定年龄时开始赌博与出现问题赌博的可能性较高有关。
期刊介绍：
Journal of Gambling Studies is an interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination on the many aspects of gambling behavior, both controlled and pathological, as well as variety of problems attendant to, or resultant from, gambling behavior including alcoholism, suicide, crime, and a number of other mental health problems. Articles published in this journal are representative of a cross-section of disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, sociology, political science, criminology, and social work.
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