Compulsive Internet gambling: A new form of an old clinical pathology

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 441-456

  King, Storm A ^a,c   Barak, Azy ^b  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPULSION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0033390483     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.1999.2.441     Document Type: Article

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