Bethany Cara Bray

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Linda M. Collins The Methodology Center Penn
State
Keith Whyte National Council on Problem Gambling
Bethany Cara Bray The Methodology Center Penn
State

• METHODOLGY
• DATA
• The greatest gap in our understanding of problem
  and pathological gambling comes from the lack of
  longitudinal studies in this field. (Volberg,
  2004)
• Cross-sectional Datasets
• ADD Health questions at the 3rd wave
  (potentially longitudinal)
• National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and
  Related Conditions (NIAAA)
• Gambling Impact and Behavior Study (NORC,
  University of Chicago)
• Survey of Problem Gambling in the Metropolitan
  Detroit Area (Wong et al.)
• Longitudinal Datasets
• Longitudinal study of problem gamblers in the
  community (New Zealand)
• Risks and Correlates of Pathological Gambling
  Among Women (NORC)
• Longitudinal adolescent gambling survey (Winters,
  2002)
• Minnesota Twin Family Study 2 waves for females,
  1 wave for males
• MEASURES
• Limitations psychometric properties of most new
  tools and their differential performance in
  different settings remain unexamined
• South Oaks Gambling Screen (Lesieur Blume,
  1987)
• Originally developed to screen for gambling
  problems in clinical populations
• Most widely used screening tool for problem and
  pathological gambling (U.S.)

• Legalized gambling available in 48 of 50 states
• Exceptions Utah and Hawaii

• Approximately 7 of adolescents aged 14 to 18
  have gambled on the Internet
• Pathological gamblers in treatment report
  gambling onset between 10 and 12 years of age

Contact Bethany Cara Bray, bcbray_at_psu.edu. This
research was supported by NIDA Center Grant
P50-DA-10075.