Description

The data for the YouGamble series were collected in the research project Problem Gambling and Social Media: Social Psychological Study on Youth Behavior in Online Gaming Communities. The research project was funded by the Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies in 2017-2020 and it was led by Atte Oksanen. The data were collected from Finns, Americans, South Koreans and Spaniards aged 15 to 25.

The research project studied how respondents evaluate and share online gambling content on social media and how group processes affect their attitudes towards gambling. Several standardized indicators have been used in the surveys, for example, in relation to substance use, gambling attitudes, mental well-being and the use of the Internet. The main content of the questionnaire is related to a social-psychological experiment in which respondents react to fictional social media content related to gambling.