Scoping study of the structural and situational characteristics of internet gambling

International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-49

  McCormack, Abby ^a,b   Griffiths, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; Gambling; Gambling addiction; Internet gambling; Problem gambling; Scoping study; Situational characteristics; Structural characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898626934     PISSN: 21557136     EISSN: 21557144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijcbpl.2013010104     Document Type: Article

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