Association Between Internet Gambling and Problematic Internet Use Among Adolescents

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-400

  Tsitsika, Artemis ^a   Critselis, Elena ^a   Janikian, Mari ^a   Kormas, George ^a   Kafetzis, Dimitrios A ^a  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Addictive behavior; Adolescence; Internet gambling; Psychological adjustment; Psychosocial aspects

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 79960996289     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-010-9223-z     Document Type: Article

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