Mental health and gambling in urban female adolescents.
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.
Martins
Silvia S
SS
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-1900, USA. smartins@jhsph.edu
Storr
Carla L
CL
Ialongo
Nicholas S
NS
Chilcoat
Howard D
HD
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000367:Age Factors; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008603:Mental Health; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population