Adolescent gambling and psychosocial consequences

Kockanje ili kocka zajednički je naziv za skup raznovrsnih igara, ponašanja i aktivnosti, koje uključuju ulaganje novca uz rizik i nadu u očekivanje pozitivnog ishoda. O problemu kockanja puno se priča, ali zadnjih nekoliko godina javlja se novi fenomen, a to je kockanje adolescenata koje počinje predstavljati veliki problem. Istraživanja pokazuju da je veliki broj adolescenata barem jednom u životu probalo kockati, ali i da je veliki postotak adolescenata u povećanom riziku za razvoj problema s kockanjem. Također, istraživanja pokazuju da je razvoj problema s kockanjem u komorbiditetu sa ostalim rizičnim ponašanjima kod adolescenata. Tome pridonosi i činjenica da je adolescencija razdoblje velikih promjena koje utječu na pojedinca i mogu biti vrlo stresne. Jednom kada se razviju problemi vezani uz kocku to uzrokuje adolescentu brojne biološke, psihološke, socijalne i financijske probleme. Upravo zato je važno skrenuti pozornost na ovu temu te je osnovni cilj moga rada pobliže objasniti kockanje adolescenata i štetne psihosocijalne posljedice.Gambling is a common name for a set of various games, behaviors and attitudes that involve investing money with the risk and hope to expect positive outcomes. There is a lot of talk about the gambling problem, but in the last few years a new phenomenon has been introduced, which is the gambling among adolescents. Research shows that a large number of adolescents have tried gambling at least once in their life and that a large percentage of adolescents are at increased risk for developing gambling problems. Also, research shows that the development of gambling problems is in comorbidity with other risky behaviors in adolescents. The fact that adolescence is a period of major changes that can be very stressful contributes to this. Once a gambling problem develops, it causes severe biological, psychological, social and financial problems. That is why it is important to draw attention to this topic and the basic aim of my work is to explain the gambling of adolescents and the harmful psychosocial consequences