Gambling and Adverse Life Events Among Urban Adolescents

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 325-336

  Storr, Carla L ^a,b   Lee, Grace P ^b   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^c   Ialongo, Nicholas S ^b   Martins, Silvia S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gambling; Life events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84860447698     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9254-0     Document Type: Article

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