Viorel LUPU * Romania Izabela Ramona LUPU * * * Associate Professor to the Department of Psychiatry & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry M.D., Ph. D. Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy e-mail: violupu14@yahoo.com * *Ph.D. Clinicial Psychologist and Psychotherapist Iuliu Haţieganu School Cluj-Napoca e-mail: ramonatodirita@yahoo.com
Motivation Theme s actuality accessibility and diversity Children and adolescents are at risk Devastating consequences Lack of studies in the field
Study description PARTICIPANTS: N = 2006 48.3% male 11-19 years mean age 15.04±2.33 years 21.2% rural Frequency of participants Percentage Nord-East 858 42.8 South-East 558 27.8 South 254 12.7 South-West 26 1.3 North-West 87 4.3 Center 24 1.2 Bucharest 199 9.9 Total 2006 100.0 No. classes Urban Rural Total V-VIII 22 22 44 IX-XIII 41 4 45 Total 63 26 89
Study description INSTRUMENTS: SOGS-RA - adapted and validated for Romanian population. 20 GA-RA - based on the items of 20-GA, adapted and validated for Romanian children and adolescents, 11-19 years old. Demographical data questions regarding Predisposing factors Involvement in other behaviors at risk Types of games practiced Perception of control while gambling
Results 16.08% from pathological gamblers gambled for the first time at 11 years. The mean age of problem or pathological gamblers was 16.98 years.
Results Analyzed SOGS-RA dimension Gamblers - 4.0% (81) problem or pathological gambling - 91.4% males - 7.1% (142) gamblers at risk 20 GA-RA - 2.6% (53) pathological gambling - 90.4% male - 10.1% (203) problem gambling Preferred games 1. Scratched tickets/slot machines 23.2% 2. Choosing a ticket 22.9% 3. Dices on money 19.5%
Results Way of playing Individual - 31.2% In group 68.8% Academic results of pathological gamblers Pathological gambling absenteeism Family income pathological gamblers Perception of control of those who gamble Mean age of the first gambling session of all participants Mean academic results 7.48±1.10 (10 is maximum) 32.1% declare that absenteeism influences their scholar evolution Average and above average income - 52.8% They can control the outcome of the game - 55% 13.56±2.55 years
Results other behaviors at risk Male Female Total Alcohol 38.5% 20.9% 29.4% Legal drugs 6.6% 3.2% 4.8% Illegal drugs 7.6% 4.4% 6.0% Tobacco 20.5% 14.3% 17.3% Gambling 49.3% 16.9% 32.6%
Conclusions The phenomenon s amplitude The first national prevalence study in Romania Confirmation of comorbidities Primary prevention programs urge
Conclusions The present study investigated children and adolescents 11-19 years old from schools all over Romania, a sample which permits the generalization of the data obtained. We followed the rules to make a national prevalence study and we collected the data with a group of volunteers of Romanian Association for the Study of Gambling -psychologists and doctors.
Future direction. We should consider primary prevention programs for all population above 11 years because the age of onset was this age.
Limits of the present study We can state that the questionnaire was self reported and data can be biased as gamblers usually lie about their gambling. The sample considered only the scholar population. The observation confirmed that children and adolescents who do not go to school game a lot. Pathological gamblers usually are expelled or they renounce to school The sample distribution given by experts in sociology was pretty much unequal.
Our research team Andrecuţ Cosmina Daniela psychologist Avram Oana Elisabeta psychiatrist Bancoş Florin -psychologist David Luminiţa Daniela psychiatrist Dinca Laurenţiu psychologist Florea Remus Adrian psychiatrist Leşiu Ioana Florina psychologist Macsim Gabriela psychiatrist Meşenschi Lucreţia Ioana psychologist Mikola Ana Meliana psychologist
Our research team Moraru Marcel psychologist Mureşan Raluca psychologist Nichita Aniko - psychologist Niţă Carmina psychologist Nuţ Andreea Mădălina psychologist Orosz (Neacşu) Adela - psychologist Paraschiv Mihaela psychiatrist Pleşan Nicoleta - psychologist Popa Camelia Ştefania psychologist
Our research team Puşcaş Cristian psychiatrist Roşu Bogdan psychologist Rotar Camelia psychologist Sandu Adrian psychologist Sucea Adelina - psychologist Tătuţ Narcisa psychologist Toma Roxana Elena psychiatrist Vălenaş Sergiu Paul psychologist Mircea Comşa-sociologist Izabela Ramona Lupu-psychologist&Viorel Lupupsychiatrist
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