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Undergraduate Women Who Have Gambled in Casinos: Are They at Risk?

Lynn Blinn-Pike

Indiana University-Purdue University

Sheri Lokken Worthy

Mississippi State University, sworthy{at}humansci.msstate.edu

The aim of this study is to describe female undergraduates who have gambled in casinos compared with their peers who have never participated in casino gambling or gambling in any form. Pathological gambling has been linked to financial problems, marital stress, lost time at work and school, depression, and even suicide. Female students (n = 179, mean age 21.64) from a southeastern university are questioned about their gambling behaviors, sensation-seeking traits, and alcohol consumption. Female college students who have participated in casino gambling have higher sensation-seeking scores, higher scores on a measure of gambling severity, consumed alcohol on more occasions over the past 30 days, and have binge drunk more frequently than their peers. Implications are presented for gambling prevention and research.

Key Words: female college students • gambling • sensation seeking • binge drinking

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, 71-83 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X08322861
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