Are online gamblers more at risk than offline gamblers?

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-180

  Kairouz, Sylvia ^a   Paradis, Catherine ^a,b   Nadeau, Louise ^a,c  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84858373613     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0260     Document Type: Article

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