scholarly journals Sensation Seeking and Gambling Behavior in Adolescence: Can Externalizing Problems Moderate this Relationship?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 8986
Author(s):  
Franca Tani ◽  
Lucia Ponti ◽  
Simon Ghinassi
Keyword(s):  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Gambling Behavior ◽  
Adolescent Gambling ◽  
Gambling Behaviors ◽  
Widespread Phenomenon ◽  
Gambling Severity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Gambling is a widespread phenomenon during adolescence. Among different risk factors involved in the onset of adolescent gambling behaviors, one factor that is studied is the sensation seeking personality trait. However, the literature is heterogeneous and a direct relationship between sensation seeking and gaming behaviors has not always been highlighted. This suggests that the relationship can be influenced by other factors. In particular, we explored the moderating role of externalizing problems in this relationship. A total of 363 adolescents (232 males and 131 females) aged 14 to 20 (M = 16.35, SD = 1.36) completed a battery of questionnaires aimed to assess their gambling behaviors, as well as the levels of externalizing problems and sensation seeking. The results showed that sensation seeking was associated with gambling severity, but this relationship was significant when externalizing problems were high and medium. On the contrary, when externalizing problems were low, the relationship between sensation seeking and gambling severity was not significant. Overall, sensation seeking in adolescence can favor the implementation of risk behaviors, such as gambling, but only in association with the presence of externalizing problems. Limitations, strengths, and social and clinical implications of the present study are discussed.

scholarly journals Perceived Gambling Availability and Adolescent Gambling Behavior: the Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Parrado-González ◽  
Fermín Fernández-Calderón ◽  
José C. León-Jariego
Keyword(s):  
Problem Gambling ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Gambling Behavior ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Adolescent Gambling ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Gambling Frequency

Abstract Geographic accessibility has been linked to gambling behavior, but little is known about whether the perception of gambling availability in both offline and online venues is prospectively associated with adolescent gambling behavior. Further, relatively few studies have analyzed the interaction between environmental and individual factors in explaining adolescent gambling and problem gambling. This prospective study examined the association between perceived gambling availability, gambling frequency, and problem gambling among 554 adolescents aged 13–17 years (mean = 15.1, female 47.4%) and explored the moderating role of self-efficacy to control gambling in these associations. Participants completed assessments of perceived gambling availability and gambling self-efficacy at baseline. Gambling frequency and problem gambling were measured at follow-up. Two separate hierarchical regression models were applied to analyze the relationship of perceived gambling availability with gambling behavior and the moderating role of gambling self-efficacy. Results showed that a greater perception of gambling availability was associated with a higher gambling frequency and more problem gambling in adolescents. The impact of perceived gambling availability on gambling frequency and problem gambling was lower among participants with moderate gambling self-efficacy in comparison with participants with low gambling self-efficacy. In those adolescents with high self-efficacy to control gambling, perceived gambling availability was not associated either with gambling frequency or problem gambling. These results suggest the usefulness of implementing regulatory policies aimed at reducing gambling availability in adolescents, and the design of preventative interventions aimed at enhancing self-efficacy to control gambling.

scholarly journals Risk Propensity, Gambling Cognition and Gambling Behavior: The Role of Family and Peer Influences

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianbin Situ ◽  
Ziying Mo
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Gambling Behavior ◽  
Peer Influences ◽  
Risk Propensity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

<p>Drawing on learning style theory (Curry, 1983), the present study examines the influence of risk propensity on gambling behavior by focusing on the mediating role of gambling cognition and the moderating role of both familial monitoring and peer gambling. Applying a survey of 207 local residents and tourists in Macau, we found that risk propensity positively related to gambling behavior through its influences on facilitating gambling cognition controlled by familial monitoring; and gambling cognition also positively linked to gambling behavior moderated by peer gambling. Moreover, the moderated path analysis suggests that familial monitoring weakened risk propensity’s direct influence on gambling cognition, and peer gambling strengthened the relationship between gambling cognition and gambling behavior. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.</p>

scholarly journals Enjoyment of arousing television news: The role of age and sensation seeking

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariska Kleemans ◽  
Paul Hendriks Vettehen ◽  
Rob Eisinga ◽  
Johannes W. J. Beentjes
Keyword(s):  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Television News ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

AbstractThis study investigated the role of television news as entertainment by focusing on the enjoyment that viewers experience while watching television news stories. In particular, the study examined the relationship between arousing news stories and enjoyment, and explored the potential moderating role of age and sensation seeking. Participants (

Context influences on the relationship between views of aging and subjective age: The moderating role of culture and domain of functioning.

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 419-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Hess ◽  
Erica L. O'Brien ◽  
Peggy Voss ◽  
Anna E. Kornadt ◽  
Klaus Rothermund ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subjective Age ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Moderating Role of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in the Relationship Between Tinnitus and Hearing Loss Among Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-772
Author(s):  
Ammar Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Aqeel ◽  
Tanvir Akhtar ◽  
Sammeen Salim ◽  
Bashir Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Adaptation Level ◽  
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale ◽  
Neuropsychological Theory ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Adaptation level theory of tinnitus and neuropsychological theory of tinnitus are extensively used frameworks for understanding emotional and psychological distress among tinnitus sufferers. Objective of the present study was to investigate potential associations between hearing loss, tinnitus, anxiety, depression, and stress. The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (Newman, Jacobson, & Spitzer, 1996) and the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)scales were administered to a sample of 110 tinnitus outpatients recruited from Audiology departments of Lahore and Rawalpindi hospitals. Results revealed tinnitus was positively linked with psychological problems. Additionally, it was established that tinnitus is a positive significant predictor for anxiety, stress and depression. The moderation models related to the interactions between psychological problems and hearing loss were negative significant predictors for tinnitus symptoms. Moreover, the comparative analysis between gender differences revealed a significant diversity in the levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. Results also elucidated that patients at initial stages of hearing loss were more prone towards reporting tinnitus symptoms along with emerging psychological problems.

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