A national study on gambling among US college student-athletes

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-99

  Huang, Jiun Hau ^a   Jacobs, Durand F ^b   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^a   Gupta, Rina ^a   Paskus, Thomas S ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Datalys Center for Sports Injury Research and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

College student athletes; Gambling; Gender; Pathological gambling; Prevalence; Problem gambling; Sports wagering

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 35548970289     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.56.2.93-100     Document Type: Article

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