Duggan, Brendan and Mohan, Gretta (2022) A longitudinal examination of young people's gambling behaviours and participation in team sports. Journal of Gambling Studies, Early online, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-022-10175-x.
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This paper develops and expands upon social identity theory as an explanation for gambling among youth engaged in team sport. Analysing longitudinal data for over 4500 20-year-olds from the Growing Up in Ireland study, reveals that online gambling increased from 2.6 to 9.3% between 17 and 20 years in the cohort, with the increase driven by males. A statistically significant positive association is uncovered between playing team sports and regularly gambling, as well as online gambling behaviour, independent of socio-demographic and other risk factors for males but not for females. The findings provide support for a dose-response like effect for males, where a longer period of participation in team sports is associated with a higher likelihood of engaging in gambling behaviour compared to shorter periods. Implications of the findings for policy and practice are discussed.
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and rehabilitation > Prevention by setting > Sports based prevention
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Policy > Policy on substance use > Harm reduction policy
N Communication, information and education > Communication > Online communication / social media > Internet / online
T Demographic characteristics > Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)
T Demographic characteristics > Young adult
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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