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Internet Gambling in Problem Gambling College Students

Journal of Gambling Studies volume 31, pages 397–408 (2015)Cite this article

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Internet gambling is popular in college students and associated with problem gambling behaviors. This study evaluated Internet gambling in 117 students participating in study evaluating brief interventions to reduce gambling; the brief interventions consisted of minimal advice, motivational enhancement therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (1–4 sessions). Compared to their counterparts who did not gamble via the Internet (n = 60), those who reported recent Internet gambling (n = 57) wagered in greater frequencies and amounts and reported missing school more often and more problems with family and anxiety due to gambling. Recent Internet gamblers demonstrated similar reductions in gambling over time and in response to the brief interventions as non-Internet gamblers. These data suggest that Internet gambling is common in problem gambling college students, and students who wager over the Internet can benefit from brief interventions.

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    Nancy M. Petry & Angels Gonzalez-Ibanez

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Petry, N.M., Gonzalez-Ibanez, A. Internet Gambling in Problem Gambling College Students. J Gambl Stud 31, 397–408 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-013-9432-3

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