Mediation analyses revealed that impulsive coping and risk-taking were significant partial mediators for gender differences on engagement in gambling. The purpose of the study was to determine the risk factors accounting for gender differences at the two levels of gambling involvement: engagement and problems.
However, little is known about the gender variation and the factors placing emerging adults at risk for getting engaged and developing problems with gambling. Some states have lowered their gambling age to 18 years old in turn, the gambling industry has recently oriented their market to target this younger population. Since 1995, rates have recently doubled with around 7–11 % of the emerging adult population having problems with gambling ( Shaffer et al. Gambling is fast becoming a public health problem in the United States, especially among emerging adults (18–25 year olds).
