Identifying indicators of harmful and problem gambling in a Canadian sample through receiver operating characteristic analysis

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 229-237

  Quilty, Lena C ^a   Avila Murati, Daniela ^a   Bagby, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Harmful gambling; Problem gambling; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CANADIAN; CANADIAN PROBLEM GAMBLING INDEX; CASINO; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DURATION OF BINGO; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPENDITURE ON BINGO; FEMALE; FREQUENCY OF TICKET; GAMBLING; GAMBLING DURATION; GAMBLING EXPENDITURE; GAMBLING FREQUENCY; GAME; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; OUTPATIENT; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTS BETTING; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935521444     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032801     Document Type: Article

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