Characteristics of Internet gamblers among a sample of students at a large, Public University in Southwestern United States

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-148

  Will Shead, N ^a   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^b   Fong, Timothy W ^c   Gupta, Rina ^b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84856508942     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: 15433382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.2012.0005     Document Type: Article

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