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Auteur R. A. VOLBERG |
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Article : Périodique
National surveys of gambling and problem gambling have recently been completed in New Zealand and Sweden. These studies are unique in that data collection was undertaken by official government statistical agencies, involved large, nationally rep[...]![]()
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S. RONNBERG ; R. A. VOLBERG ; M. W. ABBOTT ; W. L. MOORE ; A. ANDREN ; I. MUNCK ; J. JONSSON ; T. NILSSON ; O. SVENSSON | Stockholm : National Institute of Public Health | 1999The primary purpose of this study was to establish a baseline measure of the prevalence of gambling-related problems in Sweden. An additional purpose of this study was to identify the types of gambling causing the greatest difficulties for the r[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
OBJECTIVE: This paper presents results from the first national survey of problem gambling completed in Sweden. METHOD: The Swedish survey is unique in its quality and representativeness, due to the use of multiple modes of data collection, recru[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Little is known about the life course of gambling problems and there have been no prospective studies of problem gambling. This article describes a study of 77 problem gamblers and 66 nonproblem gamblers recruited from a national prevalence surv[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
Despite high rates of comorbidity among pathological gambling, substance use disorders, and other psychiatric conditions, health professionals rarely screen their clients for gambling problems. We report on the performance of the NODS-CLiP, an e[...]![]()
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The report is based on follow-up interviews conducted in 1998 with 143 of the 217 people who participated in Phase 2 of New Zealands first national problem gambling prevalence survey in 1991. Phase 1 of the 1991 survey involved contacting 4053 p[...]![]()
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Taking the Pulse on Gambling and Problem Gambling in New Zealand is the third, and perhaps most significant, report from the New Zealand Gaming Survey. This first phase of a two-phase national prevalence study of problem gambling is based on int[...]![]()
Article : Périodique
In New Zealand, awareness of gambling-related problems has increased in association with the legalization of new forms of gambling. This paper presents the methods and selected results from a national survey of gambling and problem gambling comp[...]![]()
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Americans spend more money on gambling each year than on movie tickets, recorded music, theme parks, spectator sports, and video games combined. This text looks at the growth of gambling, arguing that problem gambling should be considered an iss[...]