Youth Gambling : : The Hidden Addiction / / ed. by Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Daniel T. L. Shek, Joav Merrick.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Delfabbro, Paul,; Derevensky, Jeffrey L.,; Gainsbury, Sally,; Grant, Jon E.,; Griffiths, Mark D.,; Gupta, Rina,; Ma, Cecilia M. S.,; Merrick, Joav,; Parke, Jonathan,; Potenza, Marc N.,; Shaffer, Howard J.,; Shead, N. Will,; Shek, Daniel T. L.,; Stinchfield, Randy,; Sun, Rachel C. F.,; Temcheff, Caroline,; Volberg, Rachel A.,; Ólason, Daniel T.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Delfabbro, Paul.; Derevensky, Jeffrey L.; Gainsbury, Sally.; Grant, Jon E.; Griffiths, Mark D.; Gupta, Rina.; Ma, Cecilia M. S.; Merrick, Joav.; Parke, Jonathan.; Potenza, Marc N.; Shead, N. Will.; Shek, Daniel T. L.; Stinchfield, Randy.; Sun, Rachel C. F.; Temcheff, Caroline.; Volberg, Rachel A.; Ólason, Daniel T.
• HerausgeberIn: Derevensky, Jeffrey L.,; Merrick, Joav,; Shek, Daniel T. L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Health, Medicine and Human Development
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (265 p.)

Youth gambling represents a potentially serious public policy and health issue. Nevertheless, the rise in youth gambling issues and problems in the global context is not matched with a parallel increase in research on adolescent gambling. As such, there is an urgent need to conduct more studies on adolescent gambling behaviour. Recently significant advances in the knowledge of the risk factors associated with adolescent problems has emerged. This book addresses issues related to prevalence, assessment, prevention and treatment of youth gambling problems as well as concerns related to technological changes associated with youth problem gambling.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Author index -- Introduction -- 1. Adolescent gambling -- 2. Understanding the etiology of youth gambling problems -- Prevalence of youth gambling and problem gambling -- 3. An international perspective on youth gambling prevalence studies -- Correlates, risk, and protective factors associated with youth gambling -- 4. Youth problem gambling: Our current knowledge of risk and protective factors -- 5. Defining and assessing binge gambling -- 6. Positive youth development and intention to gamble -- 7. Relationship between positive youth development and intention to gamble among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong -- Technological changes in youth gambling -- 8. Remote gambling in adolescence -- Assessment Tools -- 9. A critical review of adolescent problem gambling assessment instruments -- Treating youth problem gamblers -- 10. Treatment of adolescent gambling problems: More art than science? -- 11. Seeking help online: A new approach for youth-specific gambling interventions -- 12. Adolescent problem gambling: Pharmacological treatment options -- Prevention initiatives -- 13. Youth gambling prevention initiatives: A decade of research -- 14. Prevention of gambling problems in adolescents: The role of problem gambling assessment instruments and positive youth development programs -- Acknowledgements -- 15. About the editors -- 16. The International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors (Centre International d’étude sur le jeu et les comportements à risque chez les jeunes) -- 17. About the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- 18. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel -- Index