Adolescent simulated gambling via digital and social media: An emerging problem

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 305-313

  King, Daniel L ^a   Delfabbro, Paul H ^a   Kaptsis, Dean ^a   Zwaans, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescence; Convergence; Pathological gambling; Social media

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENCE; CONVERGENCE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84888359386     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.048     Document Type: Article

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