1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The current research was designed to assess teachers’ awareness, concerns and attitudes regarding adolescent gambling, problem gambling and other high risk behaviours among high school students.» (p. 438)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«Teachers from English-speaking public and private secondary schools in Ontario and Quebec were recruited via advertisements distributed to principals, emails sent directly to teachers, and through provincial teacher unions. […] Of the 390 participants included in the final sample, a little more than half were female teachers (56.7 %), with a larger proportion of teachers aged 30–45 years (33.1 %).» (p. 438)

Instruments :
Questionnaires

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«Overall, teachers appeared to be acutely aware of the behaviours associated with adolescent problem gambling. The majority of teachers (63 %) correctly believed that thinking often about gambling (preoccupation) is characteristic of an adolescent problem gambler. Approximately half of teachers also perceived spending excessive time gambling (51 %) and increasing the amount of money wagered over time (56 %) to be characteristic of young problem gamblers. In addition, 40 % of teachers thought that stealing money to support gambling was characteristic of young problem gamblers.» (p. 441) «With respect to gambling issues, most teachers believed that it is primarily the responsibility of parents, governmental bodies, teens themselves, mental health professionals and the police to provide prevention programs. Only 51 % of teachers believed that school staff should be responsible for the prevention of adolescent gambling problems.» (p. 445) «The results parallel those found in the recent Canadian national study assessing parents’ perceptions of adolescent risky behaviours, clearly suggesting the need for increased awareness and education with respect to youth gambling and problem gambling.» (p. 450)