Pathological gambling in Spanish children and adolescents: An emerging problem

Psychological Reports

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 279-287

  Becoña, Elisardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SPAIN; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031202230     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.1.275     Document Type: Article

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