Why don't adolescents turn up for gambling treatment (revisited)?

Chevalier, S. and Griffiths, M.D. ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524, 2004. Why don't adolescents turn up for gambling treatment (revisited)? Journal of Gambling Issues (JGI) (11).

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Abstract

In a previous issue of the Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues, Griffiths (2001) raised 10 speculative reasons as to why so few adolescents enrol for treatment programs when compared with adults. This paper explores the issue a little further with another 11 possible reasons. These are (i) adolescents don't seek treatment in general; (ii) adolescents may seek other forms of treatment, but gambling problems are less likely to be seen as requiring intervention; (iii) treating other underlying problems may help adolescent gambling problems; (iv) a dolescent gambling ‘bail-outs’ can mask gambling problems; (v) a ttending treatment programs may be stigmatising for adolescents; (vi) adolescents may commit suicide before getting treatment; (vii) a dolescent gamblers may be lying or distorting the truth when they fill out survey questionnaires; (viii) a dolescents may not understand what they are asked in questionnaires; (ix) screening instruments for adolescent problem gambling are being used incorrectly; (x) adolescent gambling may be socially constructed to be nonproblematic; and (xi) adolescent excesses may change too quickly to warrant treatment.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Gambling Issues (JGI)
Creators:	Chevalier, S. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Date:	2004
Number:	11
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.4309/jgi.2004.11.4 UNSPECIFIED
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 11:03
Last Modified:	14 Feb 2024 17:05
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22205

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