Adolescent and Adult Sports Card Collectors
By James M. Schaefer, Ph.D. & Mikal J. Aasved, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 6, Number 1, 1999, Pages 8-9
Abstract:
Trading sports cards originated decades ago as the traditional and commonly recognized "baseball cards" which frequently included a sheet of bubble gum with each pack. Sports cards now encompass players in many professional sports, and sheets of gum are no longer around.
Numerous studies have demonstrated that gambling for money is common in adolescence; however researchers have never addressed sports card collecting as a possible form of gambling. This article looks at a research study among 209 youth, especially those who identified themselves as "insert chasers."
Numerous studies have demonstrated that gambling for money is common in adolescence; however researchers have never addressed sports card collecting as a possible form of gambling. This article looks at a research study among 209 youth, especially those who identified themselves as "insert chasers."
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This article can be found in the issue:
Gambling
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 6, Number 1, 1999
The estimated rate for compulsive and problem gambling among U.S. teens was 6-12% in 1999. Gambling is a serious, and often hidden problem among youth.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • Adolescent and Adult Sports Card Collectors, Pages 8-9
- • Adolescent Gambling and Substance Use: The View from Texas, Pages 3-5
- • Adolescent Gambling in Minnesota, Pages 5-8
- • Gambling Behaviors of American Indian and Non-Indian Adolescents, Pages 10-12
- • Gambling in the Family: The Hidden Addiction, Pages 1-3
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