The proxy effect: Gender and gambling problem trajectories of iowa gambling treatment program participants

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-240

  Nelson, Sarah E ^a   LaPlante, Debi A ^a   LaBrie, Richard A ^a   Shaffer, Howard J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling progression; Gender differences; Pathological gambling; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746815614     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-006-9012-x     Document Type: Article

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