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Jeffrey L. Derevensky
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McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Rina Gupta
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McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxvi
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Youth Gambling Problems: Correlates and Risk Factors
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- Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling
Pages 41-56
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- Ken C. Winters, Nikki Arthur, Willa Leitten, Andria Botzet
Pages 57-80
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- Jon E. Grant, R. Andrew Chambers, Marc N. Potenza
Pages 81-98
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New Technologies
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- Mark Griffiths, Richard T. A. Wood
Pages 101-120
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Measurement Issues
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- Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta
Pages 121-143
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Treatment
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- Carlo C. DiClemente, Janine Delahanty, Debra Schlundt
Pages 145-164
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- Rina Gupta, Jeffrey L. Derevensky
Pages 165-188
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- Lia Nower, Alex Blaszczynski
Pages 189-209
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Prevention
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- Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Laurie Dickson, Anne-Elyse Deguire
Pages 211-230
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Social Policy Issues
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- Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Carmen Messerlian, Meredith Gillespie
Pages 231-252
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Back Matter
Pages 253-263
About this book
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.