Problem Gambling Among Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino and Mexican-Americans Living in the San Jose Area
Author: Robert Klacansky
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Published: 2017
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThough there is some evidence to suggest that Asian populations are at relatively high risk for disordered gambling, there is a dearth of scientific literature about rates of gambling and pathological gambling among Asians and Latinos in general, and Asian American sub groups and Mexican-Americans specifically. The existing literature suffers from small sample sizes, a lack of comparison groups and ethnic population non-specificity. This dissertation will focus on comparing the frequency of gambling behavior, frequency of pathological gambling behavior, gambling addiction acceptance, and help seeking behaviors in an adult community sample of 145 Chinese, 384 Vietnamese, 201 Filipino and 269 Mexican-American and 156 White individuals living in San Jose, California to that of White Americans in the United States. Secondary data analysis was conducted on data gathered by the Problem Gambling Alliance Community Survey. Mexican-American adults were utilized as a comparison group to see whether the gambling habits and help seeking behaviors of Filipinos are closer to Asian or Latino trends. Analyses showed that Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino and Mexican-American respondents were significantly less likely to endorse gambling behavior than White respondents and that the differences between endorsed gambling behaviors between Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino and Mexican-American respondents was non-significant. No significant differences were found between the frequency of pathological gambling behavior of Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Mexican-American and White respondents. Results also showed that, overwhelmingly, respondents from all ethnicities queried believed that gambling can become and addiction to a similar extent. Finally, findings showed that while all respondents were more likely than not to seek help when they or someone close to them had a gambling problem, Vietnamese and Filipino respondents were significantly less likely to do so than Chinese, Mexican-American and White respondents. The implications of this study of these results and future research directions are discussed.
