Epidemiologia e prevenzione · 2025
[Prevalence of gambling behaviours in a sample of 12-14-year-old Italian preadolescents].
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Martorana Marco, Mehanović Emina, Renna Mariaelisa, Viola Erica, Sciutto Alberto, Giraudi Giulia, Sacchi Chiara, Ginechesi Maria, Vullo Claudia, Ceccano Adalgisa, Casella Pietro, Faggiano Fabrizio, Vigna-Taglianti Federica
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BACKGROUND: gambling is a widespread phenomenon among adolescents, with increasing prevalence among preadolescents.
OBJECTIVES: to describe the prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling in a sample of secondary school students of Piedmont Region (Northern Italy) and Lazio Region (Central Italy) which participated in the "GAPUnplugged" experimental study.
METHODS: data were collected through an anonymous questionnaire created ad hoc and administered between November 2022 and January 2023. Prevalence of gambling in the past 12 months and 30 days and of problematic and at-risk behaviour measured through the SOGS-RA scale were estimated.
RESULTS: 1,874 students aged 12 to 14 participated in the study. Prevalence of gambling was 55.7% in the last 12 months and 36.4% in the last 30 days. Sixteen percent of students engaged in regular gambling (3 or more times in the last 30 days), 7.2% had at risk gambling behaviour, and 3.4% had problematic gambling behaviour. Prevalence was higher among males and among students of schools of the city of Rome.
CONCLUSIONS: gambling among preadolescents is a widespread phenomenon, with a proportion of students at risk or exhibiting problematic behaviours similar to other addictive risk behaviours. It is needed to create and implement specific preventive interventions to limit early exposure to gambling in adolescence and preadolescence.
OBJECTIVES: to describe the prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling in a sample of secondary school students of Piedmont Region (Northern Italy) and Lazio Region (Central Italy) which participated in the "GAPUnplugged" experimental study.
METHODS: data were collected through an anonymous questionnaire created ad hoc and administered between November 2022 and January 2023. Prevalence of gambling in the past 12 months and 30 days and of problematic and at-risk behaviour measured through the SOGS-RA scale were estimated.
RESULTS: 1,874 students aged 12 to 14 participated in the study. Prevalence of gambling was 55.7% in the last 12 months and 36.4% in the last 30 days. Sixteen percent of students engaged in regular gambling (3 or more times in the last 30 days), 7.2% had at risk gambling behaviour, and 3.4% had problematic gambling behaviour. Prevalence was higher among males and among students of schools of the city of Rome.
CONCLUSIONS: gambling among preadolescents is a widespread phenomenon, with a proportion of students at risk or exhibiting problematic behaviours similar to other addictive risk behaviours. It is needed to create and implement specific preventive interventions to limit early exposure to gambling in adolescence and preadolescence.