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01-03-2019 | Original Paper

Gambling Behaviors and Problem Gambling: A Population-Based Comparison of Transgender/Gender Diverse and Cisgender Adolescents

Authors: G. Nic Rider, Barbara J. McMorris, Amy L. Gower, Eli Coleman, Marla E. Eisenberg

Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies | Issue 1/2019

Abstract

Most gambling research utilizes general youth samples and focuses on binary gender categories; few studies examine and compare gambling behaviors between transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth and their cisgender peers. The current study used population-based data from the 2016 Minnesota Student Survey to compare the prevalence of gambling behaviors and problem gambling among TGD versus cisgender adolescents, in addition to examining differences by birth-assigned sex. The analytic sample consisted of 80,929 students (including, n = 2168 [2.7%] TGD) in 9th and 11th grades. Chi-square tests and Cohen’s d effect sizes were used for all comparisons. TGD youth reported greater involvement in most gambling behaviors and problem gambling compared to cisgender youth. In comparisons by birth-assigned sex, TGD youth assigned male at birth were particularly at risk for gambling involvement and problem gambling. TGD youth assigned female at birth also reported higher rates of problem gambling than both cisgender youth assigned male and female at birth. Results suggest that examining rates of gambling behavior and problem gambling as well as identifying disparities in vulnerable youth populations is crucial in order to develop culturally responsive and gender inclusive prevention, intervention, and outreach programs.

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Title: Gambling Behaviors and Problem Gambling: A Population-Based Comparison of Transgender/Gender Diverse and Cisgender Adolescents
Authors: G. Nic Rider
Barbara J. McMorris
Amy L. Gower
Eli Coleman
Marla E. Eisenberg
Publication date: 01-03-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3602
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-018-9806-7

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