Youth gambling the hidden addiction
Youth gambling represents a potentially serious public policy and health issue. Nevertheless, the rise in youth gambling issues and problems in the global context is not matched with a parallel increase in research on adolescent gambling. As such, there is an urgent need to conduct more studies on a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter
c2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Health, medicine, and human development.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798409306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Foreword / Shaffer, Howard J.
- Author index
- Introduction
- 1. Adolescent gambling / Derevensky, Jeffrey L. / Shek, Daniel T. L. / Merrick, Joav
- 2. Understanding the etiology of youth gambling problems / Gupta, Rina / Derevensky, Jeffrey L.
- Prevalence of youth gambling and problem gambling
- 3. An international perspective on youth gambling prevalence studies / Volberg, Rachel A. / Gupta, Rina / Griffiths, Mark D. / Ólason, Daniel T. / Delfabbro, Paul
- Correlates, risk, and protective factors associated with youth gambling
- 4. Youth problem gambling: Our current knowledge of risk and protective factors / Shead, N. Will / Derevensky, Jeffrey L. / Gupta, Rina
- 5. Defining and assessing binge gambling / Gupta, Rina / Derevensky, Jeffrey L.
- 6. Positive youth development and intention to gamble / Shek, Daniel T. L. / Ma, Cecilia M. S.
- 7. Relationship between positive youth development and intention to gamble among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong / Shek, Daniel T. L. / Sun, Rachel C. F.
- Technological changes in youth gambling
- 8. Remote gambling in adolescence / Griffiths, Mark D. / Parke, Jonathan / Derevensky, Jeffrey L.
- Assessment Tools
- 9. A critical review of adolescent problem gambling assessment instruments / Stinchfield, Randy
- Treating youth problem gamblers
- 10. Treatment of adolescent gambling problems: More art than science? / Derevensky, Jeffrey L. / Temcheff, Caroline / Gupta, Rina
- 11. Seeking help online: A new approach for youth-specific gambling interventions / Gainsbury, Sally
- 12. Adolescent problem gambling: Pharmacological treatment options / Grant, Jon E. / Potenza, Marc N.
- Prevention initiatives
- 13. Youth gambling prevention initiatives: A decade of research / Derevensky, Jeffrey L. / Gupta, Rina
- 14. Prevention of gambling problems in adolescents: The role of problem gambling assessment instruments and positive youth development programs / Shek, Daniel T. L. / Sun, Rachel C. F.
- Acknowledgements
- 15. About the editors
- 16. The International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors (Centre International d'étude sur le jeu et les comportements à risque chez les jeunes) / Derevensky, Jeffrey L. / Gupta, Rina
- 17. About the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- 18. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel
- Index
