7 articles in this issue
Michael J.A. Wohl,Melissa M. Salmon,Samantha J. Hollingshead,Hyoun S. Kim
Social casino games (i.e., free-to-play online gambling-themed games) are now ubiquitous on social network platforms such as Facebook. Their popularity and similarity to gambling games has raised concern that, among other things, social casino games will ... see more
Maria Heiskanen
The objective of this article is to understand problem gamblers’ experiences of recovery from financial difficulties caused by problem gambling. Specifically, financial social assistance from public services is considered. A sample of 17 interviews with F... see more
Diana Cunha,Bruno de Sousa,Ana Paula Relvas
This study’s aim was to identify characteristics with higher odds of distinguishing a group of pathological gamblers (PG) from (1) a group of gamblers without a gambling problem (NP) and 2) a sub-clinical group (SP). An additional aim was to investigate t... see more
Nigel E. Turner,Steve McAvoy,Peter Ferentzy,Flora I. Matheson,Chris Myers,Farah Jindani,Nina Littman-Sharp,Jan Malat
The prevalence rates of problem gambling in the adult correctional population are 5 to 10 times higher than those found in the general population. Yet little has been published about dealing with problem gamblers in correctional settings. We conducted a l... see more
Éric Beaulac,Mélina Andronicos,Alain Lesage,Marie Robert,Sébastien Larochelle,Monique Séguin
Cette étude vise à décrire l’influence du genre sur les différentes étapes amenant un joueur ayant des problèmes de jeu à prendre la décision de rechercher de l’aide. Le modèle de recherche d’aide de Goldsmith, Jackson et Hough (1988) a été utilisé pour c... see more
June St Clair Buchanan,Gregory Elliott
Gambling has traditionally been a part of the national psyche in Australia. In more recent times, however, attitudes in much of the community are changing, with the result that governments are widely expected to develop increasingly restrictive public pol... see more
Michelle Heersink
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