POTREBE PREVENTIVNIH EDUKATIVNIH PROGRAMA O KOCKANJU U OSNOVNOJ ŠKOLI
NEEDS OF PREVENTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ABOUT GAMBLING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Summary/Abstract: The Center for Counseling, Prevention and Recovery from Addiction Banja Luka implemented the project "One is Many" in the period from November to December 2025 in 5elementary schools in Banja Luka. The aim of the paper is to provide insight into a more detailed picture of the level of awareness and attitudes of elementary school students and elementary school employees about addiction to games of chance. The aim was also to determine the need for future implementation of preventive activities among the population of elementary school students and the way in which they should be implemented. Method of work: In 5 selected elementary schools in the city of Banja Luka, educational workshops on the topic of games of chance were conducted among students in grades 8 and 9 of these schools, along with educational workshops for teachers. During the workshops, questionnaires were also conducted, which, after the project was completed, were used for statistical data processing and provided us with a deeper insight into the level of information and attitudes of young people on this issue, as well as that of the teaching staff. The research was predominantly frequency-based, although in a few cases we used testing of differences in arithmetic means and correlation. The sample consisted of 666students in grades 8 and 9 of elementary schools and 55 employees. Results: The results suggest that young people do not have enough knowledge about games of chance, but also that majority of the information they do have is wrong and stereotypical. We have proven that young people have much more access to games of chance than it is safe. Nevertheless, they showed significant interest in several workshops on the topic of games of chance addiction and other sociopathological phenomena. Teachers also showed that there is significant room for improvement in their knowledge and that the results before and after the workshop had statistically significant differences. When we look at gender, school and experience with casinos, we see that there is a slight connection between gender and experience with casinos, while there is no statistically significant connection with schools.

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