Abstract
Previous research has shown that college student-athletes are highly susceptible to pathological and problem gambling behavior. The current chapter utilized the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) to expand upon this research, and surveyed 282 club sports student-athletes at four religious universities to determine if university religious affiliation influenced gambling problem prevalence rates. The results indicated that 4.4% of participants exhibited signs of pathological gambling, while 12.2% were considered problem gamblers. While results showed no significance between religious affiliation and gambling, the perceptions, policies and resources pertaining to gambling at each individual university had a correlation with the pathological and problem gambling rates on the campuses. A perception of gambling being unacceptable on a campus, coupled with higher policy and resource awareness correlated with lower prevalence of gambling problems. This relationship was explained using social norms theory, which indicates social norms approach as a possible way universities could handle gambling issues.