Betting behavior as free time usage of young people in Belgrade

Abstract

Among the various forms of filling the leisure of young people in Belgrade, the betting behavior takes a significant place. That was the reason for research on a sample of 150 of high school students (80 young man, 70 young woman) aged between 15 and 19. The participants filled in a questionnaire containing 48 statements which explicitly and simply describes the forms of betting behavior, beliefs and feelings of the participants and others towards betting behavior. The answers include five options, from completely false to completely true. Results point out that betting behavior is significantly present as a form of entertainment among young men, as well as among young women. Some of the young people, i.e. every tenth person exhibits patterns of addictive behavior of betting to a concerning degree. Parents' relationship towards betting is connected to betting behavior of their children, unless the addictive behavior occurred.

Među raznim oblicima popunjavanja slobodnog vremena mladih ljudi u Beogradu klađenje zauzima značajno mesto. To je bio razlog za istraživanje na uzorku od 150 srednjoškolaca (80 mladića i 70 devojaka) uzrasta od 15 do 19 godina. Ispitanici su popunili upitnik od 48 stavki koje jasno i jednostavno opisuju oblike klađenja, te uverenja i osećanja ispitanika i drugih prema klađenju. Rezultati ukazuju da je klađenje značajno prisutna kao vid zabave među mladićima, kao i među devojkama. Neki od mladića, odnosno svaki deseti, ispoljava obrasce zavisnog ponašanja od klađenja u značajnom stepenu. Roditeljski odnos prema klađenju je povezan sa klađenjem njihove dece, sem u slučaju zavisnog ponašanja.