Variations in Gambling Disorder Symptomatology Across Sexual Identity Among College Student-Athletes.

Gambling disorder has serious negative consequences for individual health and wellbeing, while being more prevalent among college student-athletes compared to the general college population. While previous research reports that sexual minority (i.e.

Which Diagnostic Criteria are Most Useful in Discriminating Between Social Gamblers and Individuals with Gambling Problems? An Examination of DSM-IV and DSM-5 Criteria.

The current study sought to identify which diagnostic criteria for gambling disorder have the greatest ability to differentiate between social and problem gamblers. This study was conducted on a sample of male and female college student athletes across the U.S.

Predicting gambling problems from gambling outcome expectancies in college student-athletes.

While previous research has suggested the potential importance of gambling outcome expectancies in determining gambling behaviour among adolescents, the predictive ability of gambling outcome expectancies has not yet been clearly delineated for college-aged youth. The current study aims to explore the relationships between gender and outcome expectancies in the prediction of gambling severity among college student-athletes. Data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) study assessing gambling behaviours and problems among U.

A Multilevel Multivariate Analysis of Academic Performances in College Based on NCAA Student-Athletes.

This is an application of contemporary multilevel regression modeling to the prediction of academic performances of 1st-year college students. At a first level of analysis, the data come from N > 16,000 students who were college freshman in 1994-1995 and who were also participants in high-level college athletics. At a second level of analysis, the student data were related to the different characteristics of the C = 267 colleges in Division I of the NCAA.

A national study on gambling among US college student-athletes.

Objective: The authors examined the national prevalence of gambling problems and sports wagering among US college student-athletes.

Participants: A national sample of 20,739 student-athletes participated in the study.

Methods: The authors used data from the first national survey of gambling among college athletes, conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Gambling and health risk behaviors among U.S. college student-athletes: findings from a national study.

Purpose: To examine prevalence and associations of gambling problems and health risk behaviors among college athletes from the first national survey of gambling among U.S. college student-athletes.