Family functioning and pathological gambling in adolescents
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Family functioning, Gambling, AdolescenceAbstract
The relationship between family functioning and the level of pathological gambling in adolescents of the Mariscal Castilla educational institution, El Tambo in 2019 was analyzed. The study was a cross-sectional correlational study; the population consisted of 105 high school students aged 13 and 17 years; the ”FACE III” questionnaire was used to assess family functioning; the ”SOUTH OAKS” was also used to assess the level of pathological gambling. The results showed that 49.5% of the adolescents come from chaotic families, followed by 23.8% from flexible families. In adaptability, 39% of the adolescents belong to separated families, followed by 29.5% who are from semi-related families. There is a significant association between family functioning and pathological gambling; Spearman’s Rho (r=-0.4678), p = 0.01. In sum, these results suggest that increasing family functioning decreases the level of pathological gambling in adolescents.
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