Perceived parental attitudes and gambling behavior in adults: the moderating role of resilience
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Tuğba Pehlivan Sarıbudak1, Arzu Dikici2
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Introduction:
Although multiple risk factors for problematic gambling have been identified, evidence regarding perceived parental attitudes and resilience remains limited, particularly among adults in Türkiye. This study investigated the associations between perceived parental attitudes and gambling behavior and the moderating role of resilience.
Methods:
A cross-sectional online correlational study was conducted in İstanbul, Türkiye, between October 2024 and May 2025 with 389 participants recruited via convenience sampling. Data were collected using the Abbreviated Perceived Parental Attitudes-Child Form, the Brief Psychological Resilience Scale, and the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Turkish Version. Moderator analyses with bias-corrected bootstrap confidence intervals were performed.
Results:
Maternal rejection was positively associated with gambling severity (B = 0.106, 95% CI [0.053, 0.160], p < 0.001), as was paternal rejection (B = 0.123, 95% CI [0.073, 0.174], p < 0.001). Resilience significantly moderated both associations (maternal rejection × resilience: B = -0.017, 95% CI [-0.028, -0.005], p = 0.005; paternal rejection × resilience: B = -0.016, 95% CI [-0.028, -0.003], p = 0.012). Simple slope analyses showed that the associations between parental rejection and gambling severity were significant at low (maternal: B = 0.176, p < 0.001; paternal: B = 0.189, p < 0.001) and average (maternal: B = 0.106, p < 0.001; paternal: B = 0.123, p < 0.001) levels of resilience but were not significant at high resilience (maternal: B = 0.037, p = 0.265; paternal: B = 0.058, p = 0.092). Exploratory correlation analyses additionally showed that parental emotional warmth was positively associated with resilience.
Discussion:
These findings suggest that resilience may buffer the association between perceived parental rejection and gambling severity.
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