@article{e3b5c7e0f2cb4698a01b0db0a1b51694,
title = "Teacher attitudes toword and awareness of adolescent gambling behavior in the UK",
abstract = "Numbers of adolescents experiencing gambling related harm are increasing. Teachers spend a significant amount of time with students and their attitudes can make an impact on engagement in high-risk behavior. However, teachers{\textquoteright} awareness of, and attitudes towards adolescent gambling are under-researched; this study aimed to address this gap. 157 UK schoolteachers completed an online survey assessing their perceptions of adolescent gambling. Cochran{\textquoteright}s-Q tests of association and regression analyses revealed that teachers perceived adolescent gambling as significantly less serious than other high-risk behaviors. Teachers also reported having significantly less frequent conversations about gambling and were less confident addressing gambling issues than other high-risk behaviors. Arguments are made for increased teacher training around problematic youth gambling. Such a strategy would be a prerequisite for the development and implementation of targeted prevention from harms.",
keywords = "adolescence, disordered gambling, education, Gambling, teachers",
author = "Amanda Roberts and Raegan Murphy and McNally, {Elli Jay} and Jeffrey Derevensky and Steve Sharman",
note = "Funding Information: Amanda Roberts has received funding from the Study of Addiction (SSA) and the Gambling research Exchange Ontario (GREO). Steve Sharman has received funding from the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA), the King{\textquoteright}s Prize Fellowship Scheme funded by the Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund, and as part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre funding for the National Addiction Centre. Jeffrey Derevensky holds or has held multiple research grants from the The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Manitoba Gambling Foundation, Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, U.S. National Council on Problem Gambling, Fonds de recherche du Qu{\'e}bec—Soci{\'e}t{\'e} et culture (FQRSC) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Raegan Murphy and Elli-Jay McNally have no conflicts to declare. No funding was received to assist with the preparation of this manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1080/14459795.2022.2105927",
language = "English",
journal = "International Gambling Studies",
issn = "1445-9795",
publisher = "Routledge",
}