An examination of participation in online gambling activities and the relationship with problem gambling

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-41

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

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Gambling activity; Internet; Online gambling; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923224004     PISSN: 20625871     EISSN: 20635303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JBA.2.2013.1.5     Document Type: Article

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