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Predicting Major Depression Among Diverse Online Gamers: The Role of Internet Addiction and Spirituality

open access: yesJournal of Addictions &Offender Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed whether religious or spiritual affiliation and therapy enrollment protect against symptoms meeting Major Depressive Disorder criteria beyond demographic, Internet addiction, and described therapy enrollment. Findings illustrated one risk factor and one protective factor associated with experiencing symptoms that meet Major ...
Lindsay A. Lundeen, John R. McCall
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the Efficacy of Electronic Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (e‐SBIRT) for Gambling: An Online Pilot Randomised Trial

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate the efficacy of electronic screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (e‐SBIRT) at improving gambling outcomes and increasing help‐seeking. Methods We conducted a two‐arm, randomised online pilot trial (n = 83) comparing an e‐SBIRT intervention with an active control over 12 weeks. The brief intervention
Simon Wright   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decision‐making and risk‐taking as predictors of health risk behaviors in the Millennium Cohort Study

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Facets of decision‐making and risk‐taking are implicated in adolescent health risk behaviors; however, whether they may lead to adolescent engagement in substance use, gambling, and self‐harm is unknown. Methods We used the Millennium Cohort Study to test whether a task‐based measure of decision‐making and risk‐taking predicts ...
Nicole G. Hammond   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining early inhibitory control and emotion regulation as predictors of childhood internalizing and externalizing problems: A longitudinal study

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
In a longitudinal sample (n = 94), we tested links between inhibitory control at age 4, emotion regulation (ER) at age 6, and internalizing (INT) and externalizing (EXT) problems at ages 9–10. Early inhibitory control did not predict ER or later INT/EXT (no mediation), whereas ER at 6 showed prospective associations with both outcomes.
Lilja K. Jónsdóttir   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Challenge of Online Gambling: The Effect of Legalization on the Increase in Online Gambling Addiction

Journal of Gambling Studies, 2015
It is possible that the growth and promotion of online gambling will result in substantially increased use of these types of games in countries where they are legal. This may be especially true for young people due to their interest in such games. In this context, it is important to note that online gambling is more addictive than any other type of ...
Mariano Chóliz, Chóliz Mariano
exaly   +3 more sources

The Study on the Motivational Traits in Online Gambling: Focusing on the Problematic Online Gambling Experiences

Research Institute for Life and Culture Sogang University, 2022
This study aims to identify the motivational traits in online gambling in South Korea. To achieve this goal, 10 participants who had experienced problematic gambling in South Korea were selected, and the data were collected through 1 on 1 interview. The collected data were analyzed with deducted content analysis proposed by Elo and Kyngäs(2008).
Jun Hyeok Kang   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Regulating online gambling: The Indian perspective

Computer Law & Security Review, 2011
Abstract In India, the government has perniciously ignored the issue of internet gambling. Unfortunately, there is no specific legislation in place that addresses internet gambling, nor has there been any consistent policy professed with regard to internet gambling.
Varun Srikanth, Arun Binoy Mattamana
openaire   +1 more source

Regulation of online gambling

2016
This chapter addresses the regulatory challenges presented by Internet gambling. As will be explored below, current U.S. laws leverage federal power to limit financing and other logistical support for Internet gambling enterprises based abroad, thereby injecting some friction into Internet-based business models but hardly stopping their operations ...
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THE GAMBLING HABITS OF ONLINE POKER PLAYERS

The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, 2011
Online poker is a data goldmine. Recording actual gambling behavior gives rise to a host of research opportunities. Still, investigations using such data are rare with the exception of nine pioneering studies by Harvard Medical School which are reviewed here.
openaire   +1 more source

Online Gambling: Changes to Hong Kong's Gambling Legislation

Gaming Law Review, 2001
GAMBLING IN HONG KONG has been regulated since 1977 when the Gambling Ordinance1 was enacted in response to prevalent gambling in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government’s stated purpose in enacting this legislation was not to outlaw gambling entirely but to limit gambling opportunities in Hong Kong. The Gambling Ordinance is structured in such a way as to
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