01431nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001200118653002100130653001300151653001700164100003300181700003000214245004500244300001000289490000700299520089100306022001401197020001401211       2007                            d  c01/2007bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aAnxiety10aProblem Gambling10aStudents10aEpidemiology1 aM. del Carmen Míguez Varela1 aElisardo Becoña Iglesias00aAnxiety and problem gambling in students  a40-490 v133 aThe present study analyzes the relationship between trait anxiety and problem gambling in a representative sample of Galician students (N = 1.447), with ages raging from 11 to 16 years old. Anxiety was assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAIC) by Spielberger et al. (1990) and problem gambling using the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised Adolescents (SOGS-RA) by Winters et al. (1993). The results show sex differences in anxiety level, with women scoring higher. Furthermore, this difference becomes greater with age. With regards to gambling behavior, prevalence in this sample was 4.6%. Anxiety levels were higher in the case of at risk gamblers and problem gamblers as opposed to non-gamblers. In addition, those having worse gambling problems show higher anxiety scores when involvement of parents in gambling and academic failure variables are taken into account.   a1134-7937  a2174-0437