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Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies 2/2007

01-06-2007 | Original Paper

Disordered Gambling among College Students: A Meta-Analytic Synthesis

Authors: Lynn Blinn-Pike, Sheri Lokken Worthy, Jeffrey N. Jonkman

Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies | Issue 2/2007

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to use a meta-analytic procedure to synthesize the rates of disordered gambling for college students that have been reported in the research literature. In order to identify all possible studies that met stringent inclusion criteria, Medline, PsychINFO, and SocioIndex databases were searched with the terms “gambling,” and “college student”. This process resulted in 15 studies concerning gambling among college students that were published through July 2005. To synthesize the 15 studies, a random effects model for meta-analysis was applied. The estimated proportion of disordered gamblers among college students was 7.89%. This estimate is noteworthy because it is higher than that reported for adolescents, college students or adults in a previous study using meta-analytic procedures with studies conducted prior to 1997.
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Metadata
Title
Disordered Gambling among College Students: A Meta-Analytic Synthesis
Authors
Lynn Blinn-Pike
Sheri Lokken Worthy
Jeffrey N. Jonkman
Publication date
01-06-2007
Published in
Journal of Gambling Studies / Issue 2/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3602
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-006-9036-2

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