Disordered gambling in a longitudinal birth cohort: from childhood precursors to adult life outcomes.
Wendy S SlutskeLeah S Richmond-RakerdThomas M PiaseckiSandhya RamrakhaRichie PoultonTerrie E MoffittAvshalom CaspiPublished in: Psychological medicine (2022)
Socioeconomic, financial, and legal outcomes in adulthood are not merely consequences of disordered gambling, but also are predicted from childhood precursors. Deflecting the trajectories of young people at risk for developing disordered gambling may help to ameliorate not just the development of later disordered gambling, but also other associated adverse outcomes.