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Etiology And Stability Of Problem Gambling, Robert Williams, Rachel A. Volberg
Etiology And Stability Of Problem Gambling, Robert Williams, Rachel A. Volberg
International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking
Prevention of problem gambling hinges on having research that clearly identifies the variables that are etiologically involved, their temporal sequence, and their causal connections. Longitudinal research is the best way of disentangling the chronology and causal relationships between variables. The present research describes the results of the two major longitudinal studies of gambling in Canada: the Quinte Longitudinal Study (QLS) (n = 4,121) and the Leisure, Lifestyle, Lifecycle Project (LLLP) (n = 1,808). The first part of the presentation describes the stability of gambling classifications over a 5 year period. This is followed by an identification of the univariate and …