title: Pathways of youth gambling problem severity.
abstract: Prospective studies are needed to advance knowledge of the developmental features of gambling involvement and associated problems. Developmental pathways of youth gambling problem severity (no problem gambling, at-risk gambling, and problem gambling) are described on the basis of a 3-wave data set that spans midadolescence to young adulthood (N=305). The most prevalent group was the resistors (no problem gambling at all data points); 60% of study participants were in this group. New incidence cases (no problem gambling followed by at-risk or problem gambling) and desistors (at-risk or problem gambling followed by no problem gambling) were found among 21% and 13% of participants, respectively. Only 4% of cases were persistors, that is, at-risk or problem gambling at all 3 data waves. Findings are discussed in light of extant research on adolescent gambling that heretofore has not benefited from a developmental pathway perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. winte001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Ken C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: Randy D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Stinchfield
authors.forename: Andria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botzet
authors.forename: Wendy S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Slutske
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors