청소년-부모 유대관계와 도박중독과의 관계: 비행청소년을 중심으로

초록

This study aims at investigating the association between the level of youths-parents bonding and gambling addiction of juvenile delinquents. In particular, the current study focuses on examining the relationship of high level of youth-parent bonding group and low level of youth-parent bonding group in terms of their gambling addition. Gambling addiction of youth can be categorized into problematic behaviors and distorted beliefs. In this regard, the present study highlights the fact that scholars need to compare the group mean differences of gambling addiction scores of high level of youth-parent bonding group and low level of youth-parent bonding group considering the differences of gambling addiction behaviors and gambling addiction beliefs. More importantly, social bonding theory of Travis Hirschi(1969) was applied to demonstrate the association between the level of attachment of youth-parents and gambling addiction in this study. Moreover this present study utilized 189 sample of juvenile delinquents who were under probation supervision in community in South Korea. Independent t-test result showed there is a statistically significant difference between the high level of youth-parent bonding group and the low level of youth-parent bonding group in terms of their gambling addiction belief. Further policy implications will be discussed.

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