Prevalence and correlates of gambling among 16 to 19-year-old adolescents in Norway: Personality and Social Sciences

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-64

  Molde, Helge ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^a   Bartone, Paul ^b   Hystad, Sigurd ^a   Johnsen, Bjørn Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Correlates; Gambling; High school; Prevalence; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58449084331     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2008.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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