Transcript SWS-Youth-Gambling-2010 - Oregon Problem Gambling Services

2010 OREGON STUDENT
WELLNESS SURVEY DATA
Youth gambling
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/addiction/student-wellness/index.shtml
Past 30 day activities
Gambling, substance use, and mental health among Oregon youth, 2010
Grade 6
Percentage
Grade 11
45.4
50
40
Grade 8
38.2
38.2
36.3
30
22.5
24.3
21
20
10
12.4
8.9
8.1
2.4
2
14.3
17.7
22.1 23.4
8.2
4.8 6.7 6.1
2.7
0
Gambling
Alcohol
Binge
Marijuana
Cigarettes
Depression
Psychological
distress
What’s increasing the most?
Youth gambling and ethnicity
Reported gambling in the past 30 days
Hispanic
100%
Am Indian or Alaska Nat
90%
Asian
80%
Black or African Am
70%
Native or Pac Islander
Percentage
60%
White
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 11
Youth gambling and alcohol use
Used alcohol in the past month
100%
90%
80%
Percentage
70%
60%
50%
Did not gamble
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 11
Gambled
Youth gambling and binge drinking
Binge drank in past 30 days
50%
45%
40%
Percentage
35%
30%
25%
Did not gamble
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 11
Gambled
Youth gambling and smoking
Smoked cigarettes in the past month
50%
45%
40%
Percentage
35%
30%
25%
Did not gamble
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 11
Gambled
Youth gambling and marijuana
Used marijuana in the past month
50%
45%
40%
Percentage
35%
30%
25%
Did not gamble
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 11
Gambled
Youth gambling and skipping school
Skipped school one or more days in the past month
50%
45%
40%
Percentage
35%
30%
25%
Did not gamble
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 11
Gambled
Youth gambling and depression
Depression in the past 12 months
50%
45%
40%
Precentge
35%
30%
25%
Did not gamble
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Grade 6
Grade 8
Grade 11
Gambled
Youth gambling and suicide attempts
Percent of youth who attempted suicide in the past
year
30%
Percentage
25%
20%
Did not gamble
15%
10%
11.3%
7.2%
9.0%
5.0%
5%
0%
Grade 8
Grade 11
Gambled
Youth gambling and suicide
attempts
Percent of youth that attempted suicide in the past
year
30%
Percentage
25%
21.0%
18.6%
20%
15%
10.1%
10%
8.0%
5%
0%
Grade 8
Grade 11
Did not
bet/gamble
more than
wanted to
Bet/gambled
more than
wanted to
Youth Problem Gambling:
One Component of Problem Behaviors
delinquency
sexual
behavior
Problem
Behaviors
gambling
drug
use
smoking
Please share this data with:
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Parent groups
Teachers
Community coalitions
Your own staff and colleagues
CCF/LADPC/etc
Other recommended slides
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Oregon Gambling:
Summarized
Oregon has more forms of legalized gambling
and offers easier access to gambling than almost
any other state
- AND Oregon is a nationally recognized leader in
prevention, harm reduction and treatment for
gambling problems
Source: National Ctr for the Study of Gambling, 2006
Gambling is:
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Betting something of value on an event with an
uncertain outcome
Something of value can be money, time, emotion,
etc.
In Oregon, 1 in 25 youth meets the
criteria for problem gambling
…that’s 1 per classroom, yet it’s
generally not addressed in schools
Adolescent Brains Are A Work In
Progress
• Preference for new, exciting,
low effort activities
• Minimal consideration of
negative consequences
• More risky, impulsive
all of which can play into
gambling problems
Messages to kids about gambling: positive, fun, a way to
make money, everyone does it….where’s the balance??
Parental attitudes
Oregon parent/youth focus
groups revealed:
 All
parents in the groups said their kids didn’t
gamble
 All kids in the groups said they did gamble
 Neither sees gambling as risky
Most parents believe:
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Youth gambling is harmless
Youth who gamble are unlikely to have
problems in school
Youth gambling is not associated with
alcohol or drug use
…and those beliefs are part of the
problem
Targeting those at highest risk
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Alternative high schools
School counselors
At risk youth programs
Youth detention facilities
Adolescent addiction treatment
School sports