The performance of two pathological gambling screens in college students

Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-407

  Weinstock, Jeremiah ^a,c   Whelan, James P ^b   Meyers, Andrew W ^b   McCausland, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Pathological gambling; Psychometric properties; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 35649001506     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191107305273     Document Type: Article

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