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Auteur J. L. DEREVENSKY |
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Article : Périodique
Eight-hundred and seventeen adolescent high school students in the Montreal region completed the DSM-IV-J gambling screen along with a questionnaire devised by the authors inquiring about their gambling behavior, including items assessing the ty[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
The relationship between anxiety, social stress, substance use, and gambling behavior was examined in a sample of 1,044 high school students from grades 7-11. Adolescents completed several instruments assessing their state, trait, and generalize[...]![]()
Bulletin : Périodique
Addiction Research and Theory, Vol.12, n°4 - August 2004 - Clinical harm reduction
F. ROTGERS, Éditeur scientifique ; F. ROTGERS, Auteur ; L. DICKSON ; J. L. DEREVENSKY ; R. GUPTA ; J. S. BAER ; P. L. PETERSON ; E. A. WELLS ; K. FROMME ; ORRICK D. ; S. PEELE | 2004Despite this "nontherapeutic" approach that characterized early harm reduction efforts in the US, there have developed a number of other more clinically and therapeutically focused approaches that can clearly be subsumed under the rubric of harm[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
This study investigated whether the prevalence of weekly and problem gambling among youth varied according to cultural affiliation. A convenience sample of 1,265 Quebec high school students aged 12-18 was divided into three linguistic groupings:[...]![]()
Périodique
K. HARDOON ; J. L. DEREVENSKY ; R. GUPTA | 2003A comparison of empirical measures and perceived gambling severity among youth was conducted. Participants (N= 980), mean age of 18.6 years, completed several widely accepted measures of pathological gambling [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual o[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
PURPOSE: To examine prevalence and associations of gambling problems and health risk behaviors among college athletes from the first national survey of gambling among U.S. college student-athletes. METHODS: Conducted by the National Collegiate[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Concerns over the rising prevalence of adolescent gambling problems have become more commonplace. A recent meta analysis of studies examining adolescent prevalence rates by Shaffer and Hall (1996) has suggested that between 77-83% of adolescents[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
While there is a general consensus in the literature that it is common for youth to gamble, considerable variability in the reported prevalence rates of youth problem gambling has been found. More recently, issues concerning the possible overest[...]![]()
Rapport
Z. MIELECKA-KUBIEN ; K. OKULICZ-KOZARYN ; M. ZIN-SEDEK ; M. OLESZCZUK ; K. BRZOZKA ; J. COLOM ; A. GARCIA-ALTES ; N. IBANEZ ; L. SEGURA ; F. FEIJAO ; J. L. DEREVENSKY ; P. REMMERS | ALICE RAP Project | 2014The purpose of this study is to determine the social costs attributable to the abuse of alcohol, illegal drugs and tobacco, as well as of gambling for three EU countries, Poland, Portugal, and Spain (Catalonia).![]()
Livre
Never before in our history have we witnessed such an explosion of worldwide gambling opportunities. Our love affair with gambling points to its widespread appeal as a socially acceptable leisure activity. However, gambling, once thought to be s[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
L. NOWER ; J. L. DEREVENSKY ; R. GUPTA |This study examines the relationship of impulsivity, sensation seeking, coping, and substance use to disordered gambling in a sample of 1,339 youth (637 males and 702 females), 17-21 years old. Results indicate that males with serious gambling p[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Video games and gambling often contain very similar elements with both providing intermittent rewards and elements of randomness. Furthermore, at a psychological and behavioral level, slot machine gambling, video lottery terminal (VLT) gambling [...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Stigma refers to the attribution of negative sentiments towards a particular entity, object or individual. Stigma can be public, perceived, or self-referential and can have negative consequences for individuals, including losses of self-esteem, [...]