Competitiveness facets and sensation seeking as predictors of problem gambling among a sample of university student gamblers

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 385-396

  Harris, Nicholas ^a   Newby, Jennifer ^a   Klein, Rupert G ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Problem gambling; Sensation seeking; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CONTROL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SENSATION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84940667680     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-013-9431-4     Document Type: Article

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