Adolescent Gambling: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Opportunities for Controls and Interventions

这项研究将有助于科学知识和公共政策在一个相当大的公众关注的领域。它将衡量ACT青少年中赌博的流行程度，并确定实际或潜在赌博问题的青少年比例。调查会评估他们接触赌博广告的程度，以及他们对为问题青少年提供的服务的认识。该项目还将确定问题赌博的风险因素，以及减少问题赌博的保护因素和政策机会。它还将通过评估问题赌博的多种措施的有效性，有助于方法论知识。

This research will contribute to both scientific knowledge and public policy in an area of considerable public concern. It will measure the prevalence of gambling among adolescents in the ACT, and identify the proportion of youth with actual or potential gambling problems. It will assess their degree of exposure to gambling advertising and their awareness of services for young problem gamblers. The project will also identify risk factors for problem gambling, and protective factors and policy opportunities for the reduction of problem gambling. It will also contribute to methodological knowledge by assessing the validity of multiple measures of problem gambling.