School ethos and adolescent gambling: a multilevel study of upper secondary schools in Stockholm, Sweden

摘要: Gambling is not uncommon among adolescents, and a non-trivial minority has serious problems with gambling. Therefore, enhanced knowledge about factors that may prevent against problematic gambling youth needed. Prior research shown strong school ethos, which can be defined as set of attitudes values pervading at school, associated lower inclination students to engage in various risk behaviours. Knowledge the link between ethos adolescent however scarce. The aim study was investigate association teacher-rated student-reported gambling, when controlling also for sociodemographic characteristics student- school-level. Data from two separate cross-sectional surveys were combined. Stockholm School Survey (SSS) performed 5123 (aged 17–18 years) 46 upper secondary schools, Teacher (STS) carried out 1061 teachers same schools. measured by an index based on teachers’ ratings 12 items STS. Adolescent single SSS. Sociodemographic student-level information Information school-level retrieved administrative registers. statistical method multilevel regression analysis. Two-level binary logistic models performed. analyses showed higher teacher school’s likelihood students, adjusting characteristics. This inversely students’ In more general terms, provides evidence schools’ norms reflected their have potential counteract unwanted behaviours students.