Adolescent Gambling
Title | Adolescent Gambling PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Griffiths |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9780415058346 |
Mark Griffiths has carried out extensive research into why some adolescents get hooked on gambling, how they gamble and what can be done about it. In this book he provides an overview of adolescent gambling worldwide.
Teen Gambling
Title | Teen Gambling PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey L. Derevensky |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2015-03-06 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 1442202270 |
"In light of a growing epidemic of teen gambling, this book provides a better understanding of the causes and extent of youth gambling problems, assessment tools to identify teens with gambling addictions and related issues, and strategies for the prevention and treatment of youth who gamble"--
Gambling Problems in Youth
Title | Gambling Problems in Youth PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey L. Derevensky |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2006-01-16 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0306485869 |
Howard J. Shaffer, Ph. D. More than 20 years ago, I first noted that young people in North America were growing up in a context of legalized gambling for their entire lifetime. By the 1980s, for young people, gambling had become an average and expectable part of the social landscape. Amid legal opportunities to gamble in all but two of the United States and with illicit opportunities to gamble in every state, gambling is now ubiquitous in America. With few social sa- tions to limit a young person’s interest in gambling—like their adult co- terparts—young people now gamble in larger numbers and for seemingly higher stakes. Gradually, gambling-related problems became more visible for young people and the culture slowly but increasingly took notice. By the late 1990s, every sector of American and Canadian society had started to c- sider the effects of legalized gambling on youth. For different reasons, r- resentatives of the gambling and health care industries led the movement to prevent youthful gambling and reconcile existing problems whenever p- sible. Scientists also recognized that there was much to be learned by stu- ing young gamblers. Toward the end of the 20th century, there was a rapid increase in gambling research focusing on developmental issues; half of what is known about gambling emerged during the 1990s. This volume represents an important event in the continuing growth of a field.
Youth Gambling
Title | Youth Gambling PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey L. Derevensky |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2011-10-27 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 3110255693 |
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.
Teen Gambling
Title | Teen Gambling PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey L. Derevensky |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781442202269 |
In light of a growing epidemic of teen gambling, this book provides a better understanding of the causes and extent of youth gambling problems, assessment tools to identify teens with gambling addictions and related issues, and strategies for the prevention and treatment of youth who gamble.
Gambling Problems in Youth
Title | Gambling Problems in Youth PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey L. Derevensky |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2004-08-27 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780306485855 |
Howard J. Shaffer, Ph. D. More than 20 years ago, I first noted that young people in North America were growing up in a context of legalized gambling for their entire lifetime. By the 1980s, for young people, gambling had become an average and expectable part of the social landscape. Amid legal opportunities to gamble in all but two of the United States and with illicit opportunities to gamble in every state, gambling is now ubiquitous in America. With few social sa- tions to limit a young person’s interest in gambling—like their adult co- terparts—young people now gamble in larger numbers and for seemingly higher stakes. Gradually, gambling-related problems became more visible for young people and the culture slowly but increasingly took notice. By the late 1990s, every sector of American and Canadian society had started to c- sider the effects of legalized gambling on youth. For different reasons, r- resentatives of the gambling and health care industries led the movement to prevent youthful gambling and reconcile existing problems whenever p- sible. Scientists also recognized that there was much to be learned by stu- ing young gamblers. Toward the end of the 20th century, there was a rapid increase in gambling research focusing on developmental issues; half of what is known about gambling emerged during the 1990s. This volume represents an important event in the continuing growth of a field.
Adolescent Addiction
Title | Adolescent Addiction PDF eBook |
Author | Cecilia A. Essau |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2008-03-20 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0080559794 |
Adolescent Addiction: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment presents a comprehensive review of information on adolescent addiction, including prevalence and co-morbidity rates, risk factors to addiction, and prevention and treatment strategies. Unlike other books that may focus on one specific addiction, this book covers a wide range of addictions in adolescents, including alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, eating, gambling, internet and video games, and sex addiction. Organized into three sections, the book begins with the classification and assessment of adolescent addiction. Section two has one chapter each on the aforementioned addictions, discussing for each the definition, epidemiology, risk factors, co-morbidity, course and outcome, and prevention and intervention. Section three discusses the assessment and treatment of co-morbid conditions in greater detail as well as the social and political implications of adolescent addictions. Intended to be of practical use to clinicians treating adolescent addiction, the book contains a wealth of information that will be of use to the researcher as well. Contributors to the book represent the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. About the Editor: Cecilia A. Essau is professor of developmental psychopathology at Roehampton University in London, UK. Specializing in child and adolescent psychopathology, she has been an author or editor of 12 previous books in child psychopathology and is author of over 100 research articles and book chapters in this area. - Comprehensive with the state-of-the-art information on important and the most common adolescent addiction - Easy to understand and organized chapters - Written by international experts