Adult Gambling Problems and Histories of Mental Health and Substance Use: Findings from a Prospective Multi-Wave Australian Cohort Study Merkouris, Stephanie, Greenwood, Christopher, Youssef, George, Letcher, Primrose, Vassallo, Suzanne, Dowling, Nicole and Olsson, Craig 2021, Adult Gambling Problems and Histories of Mental Health and Substance Use: Findings from a Prospective Multi-Wave Australian Cohort Study, Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 1-13, doi: 10.3390/jcm10071406. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Adult Gambling Problems and Histories of Mental Health and Substance Use: Findings from a Prospective Multi-Wave Australian Cohort Study Author(s) Merkouris, Stephanie orcid.org/0000-0001-9037-6121 Greenwood, Christopher orcid.org/0000-0002-9211-6312 Youssef, George orcid.org/0000-0002-6178-4895 Letcher, Primrose Vassallo, Suzanne Dowling, Nicole orcid.org/0000-0001-8592-2407 Olsson, Craig orcid.org/0000-0002-5927-2014 Journal name Journal of Clinical Medicine Volume number 10 Issue number 7 Article ID 1406 Start page 1 End page 13 Total pages 13 Publisher MDPI AG Place of publication Basel, Swtizerland Publication date 2021 ISSN 2077-0383 Keyword(s) problem gambling gambling persistent mental health substance use longitudinal anxiety depression alcohol tobacco cannabis Summary Little is known about the cumulative effect of adolescent and young adult mental health difficulties and substance use problems on gambling behaviour in adulthood. We use data from one of Australia’s longest running studies of social and emotional development to examine the extent to which: (1) mental health symptoms (depressive and anxiety symptoms) and substance use (weekly binge drinking, tobacco, and cannabis use) from adolescence (13–18 years) into young adulthood (19–28 years) predict gambling problems in adulthood (31–32 years); and (2) risk relationships differ by sex. Analyses were based on responses from 1365 adolescent and young adult participants, spanning seven waves of data collection (1998–2014). Persistent adolescent to young adult binge drinking, tobacco use and cannabis use predicted gambling at age 31–32 years (OR = 2.30–3.42). Binge drinking and tobacco use in young adulthood also predicted gambling at age 31–32 years (OR = 2.04–2.54). Prior mental health symptoms were not associated with gambling and no risk relationships differed by sex. Findings suggest that gambling problems in adulthood may be related to the earlier development of other addictive behaviours, and that interventions targeting substance use from adolescence to young adulthood may confer additional gains in preventing later gambling behaviours. Language eng DOI 10.3390/jcm10071406 Indigenous content off Field of Research 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing 1103 Clinical Sciences Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30149738 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 06 Apr 2021, 12:56:07 EST Tue, 06 Apr 2021, 17:12:22 EST Wed, 07 Apr 2021, 05:01:09 EST Wed, 07 Apr 2021, 06:05:08 EST Wed, 07 Apr 2021, 10:20:27 EST Thu, 29 Apr 2021, 06:03:58 EST Fri, 30 Apr 2021, 10:59:54 EST Fri, 30 Apr 2021, 11:02:17 EST Fri, 30 Apr 2021, 15:40:54 EST Sat, 15 May 2021, 02:31:51 EST Sat, 18 Sep 2021, 02:47:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 181 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 06 Apr 2021, 17:12:22 EST