Who plays what? participation profiles in chance versus skill-based gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-103

  Stevens, Matthew ^a   Young, Martin ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chance; Gambling; Participation; Skill; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749147796     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-009-9143-y     Document Type: Article

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