Risk and protective factors associated with youth problem gambling

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-58

  Shead, N Will ^a   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^a   Gupta, Rina ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gambling problems; Risk factors; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSIVENESS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIETY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CANADA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952382639     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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