Mental Health and Gambling in Urban Female Adolescents

Silvia Martins; Carla L. Storr; Nicholas S. Ialongo; Howard D. Chilcoat

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.12.008

Mental Health and Gambling in Urban Female Adolescents

Silvia Martins, Carla L. Storr, Nicholas S. Ialongo, Howard D. Chilcoat

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

This study explores differences in mental health and behavioral disturbances between female gamblers versus nongamblers from a community sample of 232 female urban youth. Female adolescent recreational gambling was associated with high levels of childhood hyperactivity measured at age 6, past-year substance use, and past-year anxiety symptoms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	463-465
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume	40
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.12.008
State	Published - May 2007

Keywords

Anxiety symptoms
Depressive symptoms
Female adolescents
Problem behaviors
Recreational gambling
Substance use
Urban youth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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