Development and validation of the Chinese adolescent gambling expectancy scale

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-329

  Wong, Stella Sau kuen ^a   Tsang, Sandra Kit man ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

adolescence; belief; China; gambling; measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867922531     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2012.672582     Document Type: Article

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