Gambling in the Iranian-American Community and an Assessment of Motives: A Case Study

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 710-721

  Parhami, Iman ^a   Siani, Aaron ^b   Campos, Michael D ^a   Rosenthal, Richard J ^a   Fong, Timothy W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Gambling; Gambling motives questionnaire; Iranian

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861477172     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-011-9372-z     Document Type: Article

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