The relationship between delinquency and gambling has drawn significant attention from researchers in the behavioral and social sciences, yet there are aspects of this relationship that remain largely unexplored. The role of “third variables” in moderating the connection between child delinquency and gambling involvement is one such aspect. Accordingly, the current study set out to examine the impact of parent gambling involvement on the child delinquency–gambling relationship in a sample of 3089 adolescents (1576 males, 1513 females) from Cohort K of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC-K). Using cross-sectional data from Wave 7 of the LSAC, the current study tested the possibility that gambling involvement in parents may moderate the relationship between delinquency and gambling in their offspring. Results obtained from a regression analysis revealed that the link between delinquency, conceptualized as an early marker of general deviance, and gambling variety, as measured across ten different forms of wagering (e.g., Casino gambling, sports betting, horse and dog racing, scratch tickets), changed as a function of parental involvement in these same ten behaviors. In seeking clarity on this relationship, it was noted that the association between child delinquency and gambling involvement grew in proportion to the strength of parental involvement in gaming activities. Hence, having a gambling role model in the home may increase opportunities and incentive for gambling in children predisposed to antisocial behavior or general deviance.

犯罪与赌博之间的关系引起了行为科学和社会科学领域研究人员的极大关注，但是这种关系的某些方面仍未得到充分探索。这样的方面之一就是“第三变量”在减轻儿童犯罪和赌博参与之间的联系方面的作用。因此，本研究着手从澳大利亚儿童纵向研究（LSAC-K）的队列30中的3089名青少年（男性1576名，女性1513名女性）的样本中研究父母赌博参与对儿童犯罪与赌博关系的影响。 。使用来自LSAC的第7轮的横截面数据，当前的研究测试了父母参与赌博可能减轻其后代犯罪与赌博之间关系的可能性。从回归分析中获得的结果表明，按十种不同形式的投注（例如，赌场赌博，体育博彩，赛马和赛狗，刮刮票）衡量，被认为是一般性偏差的早期标志的违法行为与赌博多样性之间的联系），这是父母在上述十种行为中的参与所引起的变化。在寻求澄清这种关系时，注意到儿童犯罪和赌博参与之间的关联与父母参与游戏活动的力量成正比增长。因此，在家中有赌博的榜样可能会增加倾向于反社会行为或普遍偏见的儿童赌博的机会和动机。根据十种不同形式的赌博（例如，赌场赌博，体育博彩，赛马和狗赛车，刮刮票）所衡量的赌博和赌博种类，随着父母对这十种行为的参与而发生了变化。在寻求澄清这种关系时，注意到儿童犯罪和赌博参与之间的关联与父母参与游戏活动的力量成正比增长。因此，在家中有赌博的榜样可能会增加容易受到反社会行为或普遍偏见的儿童赌博的机会和动机。根据十种不同形式的赌博（例如，赌场赌博，体育博彩，赛马和狗赛车，刮刮票）所衡量的赌博和赌博种类，随着父母对这十种行为的参与而发生了变化。在寻求澄清这种关系时，注意到儿童犯罪和赌博参与之间的关联与父母参与游戏活动的力量成正比增长。因此，在家中有赌博的榜样可能会增加容易受到反社会行为或普遍偏见的儿童赌博的机会和动机。在寻求澄清这种关系时，注意到儿童犯罪与赌博参与之间的联系与父母参与游戏活动的力量成正比增长。因此，在家中有赌博的榜样可能会增加容易受到反社会行为或普遍偏见的儿童赌博的机会和动机。在寻求澄清这种关系时，注意到儿童犯罪和赌博参与之间的关联与父母参与游戏活动的力量成正比增长。因此，在家中有赌博的榜样可能会增加容易受到反社会行为或普遍偏见的儿童赌博的机会和动机。