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Gambling problems in youth : theoretical and applied perspectives / edited by Jeffrey L. Derevensky and Rina Gupta.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage gamblers--Psychology.
- Teenage gamblers.
- Teenage gamblers--Social conditions.
- Adolescent psychology.
- Social conditions.
- Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004]
- Contents:
- Part I Prevalence
- 1. Youth Gambling in North America: Long Term Trends and Future Prospects / Durand F. Jacobs 1
- Part II Youth Gambling Problems: Correlates and Risk Factors
- 2. Demographic, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Factors Associated with Youth Gambling and Problem Gambling / Randy Stinchfield 27
- 3. Gambling, Depression, and Suicidality in Adolescents / Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling 41
- 4. Gambling and Drug Abuse in Adolescence / Ken C. Winters, Nikki Arthur, Willa Leitten, Andria Botzet 57
- 5. Adolescent Problem Gambling: Neurodevelopment and Pharmacological Treatment / Jon E. Grant, R. Andrew Chambers, Marc N. Potenza 81
- Part III New Technologies
- 6. Youth and Technology: The Case of Gambling, Video-Game Playing and the Internet / Mark Griffiths, Richard T. A. Wood 101
- Part IV Measurement Issues
- 7. The Measurement of Youth Gambling Problems: Current Instruments, Methodological Issues, and Future Directions / Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta 121
- Part V Treatment
- 8. A Dynamic Process Perspective on Gambling Problems / Carlo C. DiClemente, Janine Delahanty, Debra Schlundt 145
- 9. A Treatment Approach for Adolescents with Gambling Problems / Rina Gupta, Jeffrey L. Derevensky 165
- 10. A Pathways Approach to Treating Youth Gamblers / Lia Nower, Alex Blaszczynski 189
- Part VI Prevention
- 11. Prevention Efforts Toward Reducing Gambling Problems / Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Laurie Dickson, Anne-Elyse Deguire 211
- Part VII Social Policy Issues
- 12. Youth Gambling Problems: A Need for Responsible Social Policy / Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Carmen Messerlian, Meredith Gillespie 231.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306485850
- OCLC:
- 55068475
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