J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2018 Mar;29(1):97-107. 10.12799/jkachn.2018.29.1.97.

Testing an Explanatory Model for Preventing College Students' Problem Gambling

• Park H
• Kim SS

• KMID: 2415307
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2018.29.1.97

Abstract

PURPOSE
A mediated model of Korean college students' problem gambling based on Blaszczynski and Nower's pathway model is developed and tested to explore mediating roles of self-control and irrational gambling beliefs in the association between emotionally vulnerable variables and problem gambling.
METHODS
273 student participants recruited from 4 universities in Seoul and Gyeonggi, Korea responded. Data were collected with a structured self-report questionnaire comprising measures of problem gambling, depression, anxiety, coping styles, irrational gambling belief, and self-control.
RESULTS
The modified research model provides a reasonable fit to the data. Depression, anxiety, reflective coping, irrational beliefs, and self-control turned out to have direct effects on problem gambling, while indirect effects were reported in some suppressive and reactive styles. These predictors account for 38% of the college students' problem gambling.
CONCLUSION
The findings suggest that developing intervention programs for reducing depression, anxiety, irrational gambling beliefs, and increasing reflective coping and self-control are needed to prevent Korean college students' problem gambling.

Keyword

Pathological gambling; Self-control; Students; Structural models

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Depression
Gambling*
Gyeonggi-do
Humans
Korea
Models, Structural
Negotiating
Self-Control
Seoul

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  Figure 1. Path diagram for the modified model.

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