{"title":"Gambling and Gaming in an Ontario Sample of Youth and Parents","authors":"Sasha Stark, J. Reynolds, Jamie M. D. Wiebe","doi":"10.4309/JGI.2021.46.2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Despite the convergence of the gambling and gaming worlds, the majority of studies of gambling behaviour are void of gaming behaviour and vice versa. Further, many studies examine specific age ranges rather than covering the entire span of adolescence and young adulthood. The current study improves our knowledge of gambling and gaming behaviours, as well as their convergence, by examining young people aged 8 to 24 and parents of children 8 to 17 years in Ontario. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed on a survey of 2,651 Ontarians (678 adolescents, 973 young adults, and 1,000 parents who reported on themselves and their child). Young people and parents are engaging in games that combine gambling and gaming at substantial rates and frequencies, and playing these games is associated with a higher level of risk. In this sample, playing video games for money and social casino games were associated with a higher level of gambling problems among adolescents ( p < .001, p =.001), young adults ( p < .001, p < .001), and parents ( p < .001, p < .001). Further, parent reports of their own and their child’s gambling ( p < .001), social casino play ( p < .001), and gambling concerns were linked ( p < .001). In summary, we found that playing games that combine gambling and gaming was associated with increased risk across youth age groups. Parents who reported gambling, social casino play, and gambling concerns also tended to report these behaviours among and concerns for their children. Resume Malgre la convergence entre les univers des jeux de hasard et des jeux video, la majorite des etudes sur le comportement des joueurs excluent l’une ou l’autre activite. De plus, elles se limitent a une tranche d’âge precise plutot que de couvrir la periode entiere de l’adolescence et de la jeune vie adulte. Notre enquete ajoute aux connaissances sur les habitudes en matiere de jeux de hasard et de jeux video et la convergence entre ces activites. Elle a ete menee en Ontario aupres de jeunes âges de huit a 24 ans et de parents d’enfants âges de huit a 17 ans. 2651 Ontariens (678 adolescents, 973 jeunes adultes et 1000 parents repondant en leur propre nom et en celui de leur enfant) ont repondu a un questionnaire dont les resultats ont fait l’objet d’une analyse descriptive et bivariee. Un grand nombre de jeunes et de parents combinent frequemment jeux de hasard et jeux video, une activite liee a un niveau de risque eleve. Dans notre echantillon, la pratique des jeux video pour de l’argent et des jeux de casino est associee a un risque eleve de problemes de jeu chez l’adolescent ( p < .001, p =.001), le jeune adulte ( p < .001, p < .001) et les parents ( p < .001, p < .001). De plus, un lien a ete etabli entre les habitudes de jeu declarees par les parents a propos d’eux-memes et de leurs enfants ( p < .001), les jeux de casino ( p < .001) et les problemes de jeu ( p < .001). La pratique combinee des jeux de hasard et des jeux video est associee a une augmentation du risque dans tous les groupes d’âge. Ainsi, les comportements et les problemes de jeu observes chez les parents tendent a se refleter chez leurs enfants.","PeriodicalId":45414,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gambling Issues","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Gambling Issues","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4309/JGI.2021.46.2","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SUBSTANCE ABUSE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Despite the convergence of the gambling and gaming worlds, the majority of studies of gambling behaviour are void of gaming behaviour and vice versa. Further, many studies examine specific age ranges rather than covering the entire span of adolescence and young adulthood. The current study improves our knowledge of gambling and gaming behaviours, as well as their convergence, by examining young people aged 8 to 24 and parents of children 8 to 17 years in Ontario. Descriptive and bivariate analyses were performed on a survey of 2,651 Ontarians (678 adolescents, 973 young adults, and 1,000 parents who reported on themselves and their child). Young people and parents are engaging in games that combine gambling and gaming at substantial rates and frequencies, and playing these games is associated with a higher level of risk. In this sample, playing video games for money and social casino games were associated with a higher level of gambling problems among adolescents ( p < .001, p =.001), young adults ( p < .001, p < .001), and parents ( p < .001, p < .001). Further, parent reports of their own and their child’s gambling ( p < .001), social casino play ( p < .001), and gambling concerns were linked ( p < .001). In summary, we found that playing games that combine gambling and gaming was associated with increased risk across youth age groups. Parents who reported gambling, social casino play, and gambling concerns also tended to report these behaviours among and concerns for their children. Resume Malgre la convergence entre les univers des jeux de hasard et des jeux video, la majorite des etudes sur le comportement des joueurs excluent l’une ou l’autre activite. De plus, elles se limitent a une tranche d’âge precise plutot que de couvrir la periode entiere de l’adolescence et de la jeune vie adulte. Notre enquete ajoute aux connaissances sur les habitudes en matiere de jeux de hasard et de jeux video et la convergence entre ces activites. Elle a ete menee en Ontario aupres de jeunes âges de huit a 24 ans et de parents d’enfants âges de huit a 17 ans. 2651 Ontariens (678 adolescents, 973 jeunes adultes et 1000 parents repondant en leur propre nom et en celui de leur enfant) ont repondu a un questionnaire dont les resultats ont fait l’objet d’une analyse descriptive et bivariee. Un grand nombre de jeunes et de parents combinent frequemment jeux de hasard et jeux video, une activite liee a un niveau de risque eleve. Dans notre echantillon, la pratique des jeux video pour de l’argent et des jeux de casino est associee a un risque eleve de problemes de jeu chez l’adolescent ( p < .001, p =.001), le jeune adulte ( p < .001, p < .001) et les parents ( p < .001, p < .001). De plus, un lien a ete etabli entre les habitudes de jeu declarees par les parents a propos d’eux-memes et de leurs enfants ( p < .001), les jeux de casino ( p < .001) et les problemes de jeu ( p < .001). La pratique combinee des jeux de hasard et des jeux video est associee a une augmentation du risque dans tous les groupes d’âge. Ainsi, les comportements et les problemes de jeu observes chez les parents tendent a se refleter chez leurs enfants.