Testing an Explanatory Model for Preventing College Students' Problem Gambling
10.12799/jkachn.2018.29.1.97
- Author:
Hyangjin PARK
1
;
Suk Sun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Chodang University, Muan · Graduate School, Ewha Womans Univesrity, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Pathological gambling;
Self-control;
Students;
Structural models
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
Depression;
Gambling;
Gyeonggi-do;
Humans;
Korea;
Models, Structural;
Negotiating;
Self-Control;
Seoul
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2018;29(1):97-107
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
