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标题：Life Goals of Adolescents Prone to Gambling
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作者：Bilić, Vesna
期刊名称：ŽIVOT I ŠKOLA, časopis za teoriju i praksu odgoja i obrazovanja
印刷版ISSN：0044-4855
出版年度：2012
卷号：LIX
期号：27
页码：92-92
出版社：Faculty of philosophy Osijek, Faculty of education in Osijek 31 000 Osijek, L. Jagera 9
摘要：Frequent involvement of adolescents in playing different non-strategy and strategy games for money or something else of monetary value, called gambling, while taking chances and hoping that it will increase their material gain, even though winning and losing are purely based on chance, has caused a growing concern about the progressive increase in serious problems related to such activities. The aim of this study was to examine whether different frequency of gambling is determined by gender, the type of school the students attend, academic achievement, absences and the pattern of life goals. The study was conducted on 403 (49,6% female, 50,4% male) third-grade students of grammar schools and secondary vocational schools in the Republic of Croatia and their average age was 17.2 years. The results have shown that boys gamble significantly more often than girls and those students who gamble more frequently mainly attend secondary vocational schools, achieve poorer school results and are often absent from classes. Discriminant analysis has shown that students who have different patterns of gambling frequency also have different life goals patterns. Accordingly, those who are less likely to gamble value the importance of community and personal growth and development more, i.e. intrinsic life goals and self-realisation orientated goals; those who are prone to gambling are more likely to value the importance of wealth and fame, i.e. extrinsic life goals. An overlooked but important task of schools is to provide young people with relevant information on delusions, risks and consequences of gambling, and to encourage them to have meaningful and engaged lives that contribute to a greater subjective well being, satisfaction and happiness.
关键词：adolescents; gambling; life goals; academic achievement; life goals