Is Executive Cognitive Function Associated with Youth Gambling?

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-238

  Betancourt, Laura M ^a   Brodsky, Nancy L ^a   Brown, Caitlin A ^a   McKenna, Kathleen A ^a   Giannetta, Joan M ^a   Yang, Wei ^b   Romer, Daniel ^c   Hurt, Hallam ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Executive cognitive function; Impulsivity; Trajectories; Youth gambling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHILADELPHIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84860440712     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9256-y     Document Type: Article

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