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Ceyhan, Esra – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
This study aims at revealing the relationships between the problematic Internet use of university students and their identity status, main Internet use purposes, and gender. A total of 464 university students participated in the study, and the research data were collected through the Problematic Internet Use Scale, the Extended Objective Measure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Internet, Addictive Behavior
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Patford, Janet – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2009
Gambling is now big business in Australia and public expenditure on gambling is high. Some individuals gamble to excess with adverse consequences for themselves and their partner. The present study targeted women who had concerns about a current or previous partner's gambling and employed a qualitative methodology to explore their experiences,…
Descriptors: Females, Community Education, Foreign Countries, Addictive Behavior
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Dowling, Nicki; Smith, David; Thomas, Trang – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2009
The available evidence suggests that pathological gambling significantly disrupts family relationships and has a substantial impact on family members. However, these conclusions are based almost exclusively on male pathological gamblers and their female spouses or partners. The current study, which was a secondary study derived from a treatment…
Descriptors: Spouses, Family Relationship, Psychopathology, Surveys