The Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Gambling Problems in a Community Sample of Adult Men and Women

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 548-554

  Hodgins, David C ^a,b,c,d   Schopflocher, Don P ^a,b,c,d   el Guebaly, Nady ^a,b,c,d   Casey, David M ^a,b,c,d   Smith, Garry J ^a,b,c,d   Williams, Robert J ^a,b,c,d   Wood, Robert T ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood maltreatment; Gambling problems.; Pathological gambling; Sexual abuse; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77957265166     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019946     Document Type: Article

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