title: Prevalence of pathological gambling and related problems among college students in the Quebec metropolitan area.
abstract: The prevalence of pathological gambling and problems associated with it were measured among 1,471 students of three colleges in the Quebec city metropolitan area. Almost 90% of the students had gambled and 21.7% of the students engage in this behaviour once a week or more. The prevalence of pathological gamblers was found to be 2.8% for the entire sample. The percentage of pathological gamblers was much higher among males (5.7%) than females (0.6%). The results indicate that pathological gambling is associated with economic, professional and interpersonal problems. The discussion addresses the implications of the present findings and suggests avenues for future research.
authors.affiliation: Laval University, Quebec, Quebec.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ladouceur
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dubé
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bujold
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*