A spotlight on year old gamblers The Manitoba Longitudinal Study of Young Adults Elizabeth Stephenson Manitoba Gaming Control Commission

Salute to AGRI: Made in Manitoba

Unique partnership Addictions Foundation of Manitoba Gaming Control Commission Manitoba Lotteries Corporation MLSYA

Participants 679 participants from across the province years old at the time of recruitment Recruited through random telephone calls, online, referrals and at the Casinos of Winnipeg

Conceptual Framework Substance Use Risk-taking Treatment Individual Context Social Context Psychological Context Personality (impulsivity, self- esteem) Cognition (coping, gambling knowledge) Mental health (depression, anxiety, panic disorders) Biological Context Physical health (disabilities, chronic illnesses, acute illnesses) Gender Occupation Education Social Support Family environment (history of abuse, family gambling, marital status, income and income security) Religious/spiritual connections Ethnic connections Public Health Public attitudes towards gambling Problem gambling prevention programming Substance abuse Gambling Involvement

MLSYA Dataset Psychological Content NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS) Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ) Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) Composite International Diagnostic Interview-Short Form (CIDI-SF) -Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) -Major Depression (MDP) -Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) -Pathological Gambling (PG) Social Support Life Events Questionnaire (LEQ) Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale (SIBS) Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) Biological Content SF-8 Health Survey Public Health Canadian Problem Gambling Index (CPGI) Drake Beliefs about Chance Inventory (DBC) CCHS alcohol and drug questions Alcohol, drug and gambling treatment questions Gambling attitudes and fallacies Demographics Content (Stats Can) Physical health/ disabilities/ illness Gender Occupation classification Educational attainment Family composition Ethnicity

PGSI Classification (Cycle 1) Sources Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (2006). Manitoba Gambling and Problem Gambling Statistics Canada (2002). Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.1. %

Gambling Expenditure (Cycle 1) % Estimated % of Gambling Expenditure Average expenditure $688/year

PGSI and Spending (Cycle 1) Spending Percentile Mean PGSI Score PGSI Scores by Spending Percentile

Participants Cycle 1 (2008) 679 Cycle 2 (2009) 607 Cycle 3 (2010) 561 Cycle 4 (2011) % retention92% retention

Where are we now? CycleSampleVariablesBits of Information , , , ,840 1,171,905 unique pieces of information 1,178,145

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