Assessment of problem gambling in a Chinese context: The Chinese G-MAP

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 548-556

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a,b,c   Chan, Elda M L ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

^d TUNG WAH COLLEGE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Addiction; Assessment; Chinese G MAP; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; ADDICTION; CHINA; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GAMBLING; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70349308244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.42     Document Type: Article

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