Grace Kong, Jack Tsai, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, Dana A Cavallo, Rani A Hoff, Marvin A Steinberg, Loreen Rugle, Marc N Potenza
OBJECTIVES: To identify subtypes of adolescent gamblers based on the 10 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition criteria for pathological gambling and the 9 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition criteria for gambling disorder and to examine associations between identified subtypes with gambling, other risk behaviors, and health/functioning characteristics. METHODS: Using cross-sectional survey data from 10 high schools in Connecticut (N = 3901), we conducted latent class analysis to classify adolescents who reported past-year gambling into gambling groups on the basis of items from the Massachusetts Gambling Screen...
November 2014: Journal of Addiction Medicine