Undergraduate women who have gambled in casinos: Are they at risk?

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-83

  Blinn Pike, Lynn ^a   Worthy, Sheri Lokken ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge drinking; Female college students; Gambling; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749136278     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X08322861     Document Type: Article

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