Casino use by college students.
College students' gambling behavior (N = 238) at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut was investigated using the South Oaks Gambling Screen. Of the 730 randomly sampled students, 238 returned usable questionnaires, a return rate of 32.5%. Only 35 (14.8%) of the students indicated having visited Foxwoods, of these, 26 (11% of the total) reported having gambled. Rates of problem were relatively low (6 students; 2.5%) and few underage students (3 students; 1.9%) reported using Foxwoods in the fall of 1994. As in other studies of casino gambling by students, slot machines and blackjack were the most frequent activities.
Devlin
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Department of Psychology, Connecticut College, New London 06320, USA. asdev@conncoll.edu
Peppard
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003237:Connecticut / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*