Youth gambling : the hidden addiction

Youth gambling : the hidden addiction / edited by Jeffrey Derevensky, Daniel T.L. Shek, and Joav Merrick.

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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Other Authors: Derevensky, Jeffrey L., Shek, Daniel T. L., Merrick, Joav, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2011.
Series:Health, medicine, and human development.
Subjects:
Youth > Gambling.
Teenage gamblers > Psychology.
Compulsive gambling > Treatment.
Adolescent psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Compulsive Behavior.
Adolescent psychology
Compulsive gambling > Treatment
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Table of Contents:
  • Adolescent gambling
  • Understanding the etiology of youth gambling problems
  • An international perspective on youth gambling prevalence studies
  • Youth problem gambling : our current knowledge of risk and protective factors
  • Defining and assessing binge gambling
  • Positive youth development and intention to gamble
  • Relationship between positive youth development and intention to gamble among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong
  • Remote gambling in adolescence
  • A critical review of adolescent problem gambling assessment instruments
  • Treatment of adolescent gambling problems : more art than science?
  • Seeking help online : a new approach for youth-specific gambling interventions
  • Adolescent problem gambling : pharmacological treatment options
  • Youth gambling prevention initiatives : a decade of research
  • Prevention of gambling problems in adolescents : the role of problem gambling assessment instruments and positive youth development programs
  • About the editors
  • 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)
  • About the Department of Applied Social Sciences, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel.

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