Behavioral characteristics of Internet gamblers who trigger corporate responsible gambling interventions

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 527-535

  Gray, Heather M ^a   Laplante, Debi A ^a   Shaffer, Howard J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

disordered gambling; internet gambling; responsible gambling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GAME; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET GAMBLING; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING; SPORT; ALGORITHM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CUSTODY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROXY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875080575     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028545     Document Type: Article

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