Prevalence and risk factors of problem gambling among college students

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-135

  Winters, Ken C ^a   Bengston, Phyllis ^a   Dorr, Derek ^b   Stinchfield, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031781197     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.12.2.127     Document Type: Article

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