Adolescent Online Gambling: The Impact of Parental Practices and Correlates with Online Activities

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-150

  Floros, Georgios D ^a,b   Siomos, Konstantinos ^b   Fisoun, Virginia ^b,c   Geroukalis, Dimitrios ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Association for the Study of Internet Addiction Disorder   (Greece)

^c EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Hippocrates Center for Drug Abuse Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Internet gambling; Parenting practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874012978     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9291-8     Document Type: Article

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