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Gambling Problems in Youth

Theoretical and Applied Perspectives

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  1. Jeffrey L. Derevensky

    1. McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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  2. Rina Gupta

    1. McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Prevalence

    1. Youth Gambling in North America

      • Durand F. Jacobs
      Pages 1-24

  3. Youth Gambling Problems: Correlates and Risk Factors

    1. Demographic, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Factors Associated with Youth Gambling and Problem Gambling

      • Randy Stinchfield
      Pages 27-39

    2. Gambling, Depression, and Suicidality in Adolescents

      • Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling
      Pages 41-56

    3. Gambling and Drug Abuse in Adolescence

      • Ken C. Winters, Nikki Arthur, Willa Leitten, Andria Botzet
      Pages 57-80

    4. Adolescent Problem Gambling

      • Jon E. Grant, R. Andrew Chambers, Marc N. Potenza
      Pages 81-98

  4. New Technologies

    1. Youth and Technology

      • Mark Griffiths, Richard T. A. Wood
      Pages 101-120

  5. Measurement Issues

    1. The Measurement of Youth Gambling Problems

      • Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta
      Pages 121-143

  6. Treatment

    1. A Dynamic Process Perspective on Gambling Problems

      • Carlo C. DiClemente, Janine Delahanty, Debra Schlundt
      Pages 145-164

    2. A Treatment Approach for Adolescents with Gambling Problems

      • Rina Gupta, Jeffrey L. Derevensky
      Pages 165-188

    3. A Pathways Approach to Treating Youth Gamblers

      • Lia Nower, Alex Blaszczynski
      Pages 189-209

  7. Prevention

    1. Prevention Efforts Toward Reducing Gambling Problems

      • Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Laurie Dickson, Anne-Elyse Deguire
      Pages 211-230

  8. Social Policy Issues

    1. Youth Gambling Problems

      • Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Carmen Messerlian, Meredith Gillespie
      Pages 231-252

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 253-263
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gambling Problems in Youth

  • Book Subtitle: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives

  • Editors: Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Rina Gupta

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b109526

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-48585-5Published: 27 August 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-7947-9Published: 23 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48586-2Published: 16 January 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 263

  • Topics: Health Psychology, Clinical Psychology

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