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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Derevensky, Jeffrey L.

Shek, Daniel T. L.

Merrick, Joav, 1950-

Series:

Health, medicine, and human development.

Health, medicine, and human development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Gambling.

Youth.

Teenage gamblers--Psychology.

Teenage gamblers.

Compulsive gambling--Treatment.

Compulsive gambling.

Adolescent psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 adolescent gambling behaviour. Recently significant advances in the knowledge of the risk factors associated with adolescent problems has emerged. This book addresses issues related to prevalence, assessment, prevention and treatment of youth gambling problems as well as concerns related to technological changes associated with youth problem gambling.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613430229

9781283430227

1283430223

9783110255690

3110255693

OCLC:

769190328