Nevertheless, some individual s underestimate their vulner ability to develop gambling
disorder or to return to gamb ling disorder following remission. When in a period of re-
mission, they may incorrectly assume that th ey will have no problem regulating gambling
and that they may gamble on some forms no nproblematically, only to experience a return
to gambling disorder. 
Early expression of gambling disorder is mo re common among males than among fe-
males. Individuals who begin gambling in yo uth often do so with family members or