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Perceptions of and Exposure to Games of Chance, Gambling, and Video Gaming: Self-Reports of Preadolescents and Parents

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Although gambling-related behavior develops in preadolescence, there is a scarcity of research into the early socialization processes in this specific age cohort. For this study, preadolescents’ early perceptions of and… Click to show full abstract

Although gambling-related behavior develops in preadolescence, there is a scarcity of research into the early socialization processes in this specific age cohort. For this study, preadolescents’ early perceptions of and practices relating to games of chance, gambling, and video gaming were explored. To account for the perspectives of preadolescents and their parents, we administered semi-structured in-depth interviews with elicitation prompts to 10 Flemish (i.e., Belgian) families with 11- to 12-year-olds. The findings show that different socialization dynamics are at play for the examined media genres. Families were relaxed about young people’s involvement in traditional games of chance activities in a familiar context, pointing to early socialization and cultural normalization dynamics in preadolescents who have not yet reached the legal minimum age. Moreover, the parents were not fully aware of the first gambling and games of chance activities of the preadolescents or of some of their in-game micropayments. They did not yet consider active mediation on these matters to be relevant. Because of this, preventive parental mediation efforts cannot reach their full potential; we call upon future researchers to explore ludoliteracy programs that can increase the resilience of young players in a world of increasingly converged media entertainment. Resume  Malgre le fait que les comportements de jeu se developpent durant la preadolescence, il existe peu de recherches sur les processus de socialisation precoce au sein de cette cohorte particuliere. Cette etude explore et contextualise les perceptions et les pratiques de jeunes preadolescents en matiere de jeux de hasard, de jeux d’argent et de jeux video. Dans le but de sonder le point de vue a la fois des jeunes et de leurs parents, nous avons mene des entrevues semi-dirigees approfondies, comportant des questions incitatives, aupres de 10 familles flamandes (c’est-a-dire belges) comptant des jeunes de 11 a 12 ans. Selon nos resultats, differentes dynamiques de socialisation operent selon le genre de media. Les parents voient d’un bon œil la pratique des jeux de hasard classiques au sein du cercle familial, ce qui indique une dynamique de socialisation precoce et de normalisation culturelle chez les preadolescents qui n’ont pas encore atteint l’âge minimum legal. Par ailleurs, les parents sondes n’etaient pas pleinement conscients des premiers jeux de hasard et d’argent pratiques par leurs preadolescents ni de certains micropaiements qu’ils avaient effectues. Ils ne consideraient pas encore comme pertinente l’idee d’intervenir activement sur ces questions. Puisque les efforts des parents en matiere de prevention n’atteignent pas pleinement leur but, les recherches futures devraient s’interesser aux programmes de ludo-litteratie destines a ameliorer la resilience des jeunes joueurs dans un monde de divertissement mediatique caracterise par une convergence grandissante.

Keywords: chance gambling; video gaming; gambling video; games chance; chance

Journal Title: Journal of Gambling Issues
Year Published: 2020

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