1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The goal of this study was to examine how gambling problems and depressive symptoms co-evolve from adolescence to emerging adulthood by empirically deriving single and joint latent trajectory classes. In addition, we also assessed whether a series of risk and protective factors were differentially related to these single or joined trajectory classes.» (p. 560)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«Participants were part of an ongoing longitudinal study that started in 1984 with 1162 kindergarten boys. They attended 53 schools in economically disadvantaged areas in Montreal, Canada. Sociofamily risk data were collected when the boys were 10 years old. Impulsivity data were collected when the boys were 14 years old. Data on the quality of the relationship with parents and friends were collected when the boys were 14 and 15 years old. Gambling and depression data were collected at ages 17, 23 and 28 years. To be included in the present study, participants had to have valid gambling and depression data during at least one of the three measurement times, resulting in an N of 888.» (p. 552)

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«Regarding the assessment of protective factors, our results showed that a high quality relationship with parents was associated with decreased odds of experiencing moderate to high levels of depressive symptoms from late adolescence through young adulthood. These results are concordant with previous studies on the role of the parent-offspring relationship in the developmental of depressive symptomatology (Galambos et al. 2006; Meadows et al. 2006). Interestingly however, this protective effect of a good relationship with parents was not observed for males whose depression symptoms co-occurred with high levels of gambling problems. This absence of results is surprising considering the well-established link between the parent–child relationship and externalizing behaviors in the offspring (White and Renk 2012). However, it possible that even a very good parent–child relationship cannot counterbalance or mitigate the particular risk factors (such as a very high level of impulsivity) that lead to comorbid internalizing and externalizing problems.» (p. 560)