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Shead, N. Will; Derevensky, Jeffrey L.; Fong, Timothy W.; Gupta, Rina – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
There is a current lack of descriptive information on college students who gamble on the Internet. With the increasing popularity of Internet gambling, this study aimed to better understand the profile of Internet gamblers among a sample of college students. Of 909 students at the University of California-Los Angeles who completed an online…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Drinking, Body Composition, Internet
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Felsher, Jennifer R.; Derevensky, Jeffrey L.; Gupta, Rina – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
Childhood maltreatment has been thought to be a significant risk factor in the development of gambling problems. Incorporating a developmental psychopathology perspective, 1,324 adolescents and young adults, age 17-22 years completed self-report measures on gambling behaviors, gambling severity, and childhood maltreatment. Problem gamblers…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Psychopathology, Risk, Young Adults