Characteristics and Predictors of Problem Gambling on the Internet

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 634-657

  McCormack, Abby ^a,b   Shorter, Gillian W ^c   Griffiths, Mark D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gambling comorbidity; Internet gambling; Online gambling; Problem gambling; Structural characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888347886     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-013-9439-0     Document Type: Article

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