This paper investigates the influence of parents and friends on teenagers’ deception attitudes. We analyze whether parents’ and friends’ gambling habits affect teenagers’ tendency to hide their gambling activities from their parents. We use survey-based data on 10,885 Italian high-school...

This paper investigates the influence of parents and friends on teenagers’ deception attitudes. We analyze whether parents’ and friends’ gambling habits affect teenagers’ tendency to hide their gambling activities from their parents. We use survey-based data on 10,885 Italian high-school...

We examine gender differences in adolescent gamblers’ deception behavior towards their parents. The analysis is based on a unique cross-sectional survey conducted in 2014 in Italy including high school students aged 13 to 22 years old. We consider a subset of adolescents who actively played...