THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GAMBLING BEHAVIOR AND SUBSTANCE USED AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, NAKHON RATCHASIMA PROVINCE
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Gambling, Drug, AdolescenceAbstract
This survey research aimed to study the relationships of adolescent gambling behavior and substance use in educational institutions, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The sample consisted of 2,497 private educational institution students / students from primary school to university in 3 educational institutions. Data were collected by questionnaires. In the academic year 2018, data were analyzed by descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean, standard deviation. Risk factor analysis by statistics Chi Square, Odd Ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval
The results revealed that 55.20% of the sample were female, with a mean age of 17.71 years. Up to a third were gambling. The average age of the first gambling is 14.47 years (SD 3.19), with more than half of it being card gambling. The experience of using substance abuse was found that 10.1%. The most drug used was marijuana 4.7%, followed by methamphetamine 2.2%, ice drug 1.7 %. 5.6% have ever gambled and used substance abuse. Adolescents who gamble and use substance abuse 54.8% gamble before using substance abuse. 27.9 % of those who started gambling and began using substance abuse were found. As for those who used drugs before gambling 17.3% were found.
Gambling addiction is a substance addiction. Adolescents in academies who have been gambling were four times more likely to use substance abuse as non-gambling (COR = 4.803, 95% CI = 3.575 - 6.454, P-value <0.001).
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