The relationship of gambling with sensation-seeking behavior and psychological resilience in university students

Sevim Çelik; Ayfer Öztürk; Eda Kes; Aylin Kurt

doi:10.1111/ppc.13047

The relationship of gambling with sensation-seeking behavior and psychological resilience in university students

Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2022 Oct;58(4):2199-2207. doi: 10.1111/ppc.13047. Epub 2022 Feb 8.

Authors

Sevim Çelik¹, Ayfer Öztürk¹, Eda Kes¹, Aylin Kurt¹

Affiliation

¹ Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bartın University, Agdaci, Bartın, Turkey.

PMID: 35133668
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.13047

Abstract

Purpose: We aimed to analyze the relationship of gambling with university students' sensation-seeking behavior and psychological resilience.

Design and methods: This cross-sectional and correlational research was performed with 650 students. Data collection tools were Personal Information Form, South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), Zuckerman Sensation-Seeking Scale (ZSSS), and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS).

Findings: Of the students, 1.2% were probably pathological gamblers. There was a positive relationship between students' SOGS and ZSSS scores (p < 0.05). However, there was no relationship between students' SOGS and BRS scores (p > 0.05).

Practice implications: Psychological support units and instructors take an active role in determining the gambling behaviors of students and related factors in advance, raising awareness of gambling, and preventing the negative effects of these behaviors in faculty campuses.

Keywords: addiction; gambling; psychological resilience; sensation-seeking; university student.

MeSH terms

Behavior, Addictive* / psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Gambling* / psychology
Humans
Resilience, Psychological*
Sensation
Students / psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Universities