Men & women playing games: Gender and the gambling preferences of Iowa Gambling Treatment Program participants

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-80

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

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Gender differences; Pathological gambling; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33747041047     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-005-9003-3     Document Type: Article

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