Childhood impulsive behavior and problem gambling by adulthood: A 30-year prospective community-based study

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-168

  Shenassa, Edmond D ^a,b   Paradis, Angela D ^b,c   Dolan, Sara L ^d   Wilhelm, Charlotte S ^b   Buka, Stephen L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Impulsive behavior; Impulsivity; Longitudinal study; Maternal child health; New England Family Study; Predictors; Problem gambling; Shy depressed behavior; SOGS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SHYNESS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83355166820     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03571.x     Document Type: Article

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