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Internet Gambling in Problem Gambling College Students [PDF]

Journal of Gambling Studies, 2013
Internet gambling is popular in college students and associated with problem gambling behaviors. This study evaluated Internet gambling in 117 students participating in study evaluating brief interventions to reduce gambling; the brief interventions consisted of minimal advice, motivational enhancement therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (1-4 ...
Nancy M, Petry, Angels, Gonzalez-Ibanez
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A cross-sectional study of problem gambling and its correlates among college students in South India

BJPsych Open, 2016
Background In the Western world, a significant portion of college students have gambled. College gamblers have one of the highest rates of problem gambling.
Sanju George, TS Jaisoorya, Sivasankaran Nair, Anjana Rani, Priya Menon, Revamma Madhavan, Jeevan Chakkandan Rajan, Komath Sankaran Radhakrishnan, Vineeta Jose, Vivek Benegal, K. Thennarassu, Nancy M. Petry   +11 more
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Associations of the Big Five and locus of control with problem gambling in a large Australian sample.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Gambling may range from being a recreational leisure activity to a behavioral addiction. A rising number of gamblers experience adverse consequences from gambling, termed problem gambling, which may become a challenge for the individual and society. With
Juliane M von der Heiden, Boris Egloff
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Problem gambling and gaming in elite athletes

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2018
Background: High-level sports have been described as a risk situation for mental health problems and substance misuse. This, however, has been sparsely studied for problem gambling, and it is unknown whether problem gaming, corresponding to the tentative
A. Håkansson, G. Kenttä, C. Åkesdotter   +2 more
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Aboriginal Gambling and Problem Gambling: A Review [PDF]

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
AbstractThe prevention of gambling-related problems amongst Aboriginal communities has been neglected by most public health strategies which concentrate on mainstream populations. Research indicates that rates of problem gambling are higher for Aboriginal groups than the general population.
Breen, Helen, Gainsbury, Sally
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From problem people to addictive products: a qualitative study on rethinking gambling policy from the perspective of lived experience

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Previous research has shown that government and industry discussions of gambling may focus on personal responsibility for gambling harm. In Australia, these discussions have largely excluded people with lived experience of problem gambling ...
Helen E. Miller, Samantha L. Thomas, Priscilla Robinson   +2 more
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Online Gambling Patterns and Predictors of Problem Gambling Among Korean Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study

Asian Nursing Research
S U M M A R Y: Purpose: This study examined online gambling patterns among Korean adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic and identified predictors of problem gambling based on a socio-ecological model.
Young-Sil Sohn, Hyunmi Son
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Psychometric Characteristics of a New Scale for Measuring Self-efficacy in the Regulation of Gambling Behavior

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Since its introduction in 1977, self-efficacy has proven to be a fundamental predictor of positive adjustment and achievement in many domains. In problem gambling studies, self-efficacy has been defined mainly as an individual's ability to avoid gambling
Claudio Barbaranelli, Claudio Barbaranelli, Valerio Ghezzi, Roberta Fida, Roberta Fida, Michele Vecchione   +5 more
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Problem gambling during Covid-19

Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2020
Background: Problem gambling could progressively grow in a period of isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic to the possibility of gambling directly from home.
Fabio Frisone, Angela Alibrandi, Salvatore Settineri   +2 more
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Problem gambling among people with first-episode psychosis: protocol for a prospective multicenter cohort study

BMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background The limited available data suggest that the prevalence of problem gambling is increased among young adults with first-episode psychosis, possibly due in part to several risk factors for problem gambling that are common in this population ...
Olivier Corbeil, Manuel Soulard, Maxime Huot-Lavoie, Laurent Béchard, Émilien Fournier, Sébastien Brodeur, Anne-Marie Essiambre, Charles Desmeules, Chantale Thériault, Amal Abdel-Baki, Christian Jacques, Isabelle Giroux, Michel Dorval, Marc-André Roy, Marie-France Demers   +14 more
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