Pathological gambling: A comprehensive review

N Raylu, TPS Oei - Clinical psychology review, 2002 - Elsevier
Due to recent changes of gambling laws, accessibility to gambling has become more
widespread and thus, there has also been an increase in the prevalence of pathological …

An update on gender differences in the characteristics associated with problem gambling: A systematic review

SS Merkouris, AC Thomas, KA Shandley… - Current addiction …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Identifying and understanding gender differences associated
with the development, maintenance and consequences of problem gambling has important …

Rapid onset of pathological gambling in machine gamblers

RB Breen, M Zimmerman - Journal of gambling studies, 2002 - Springer
A particularly rapid onset of pathological gambling (PG-onset) through the use of gambling
machines has been widely alluded to, but this is the first study to empirically examine the …

The relationship between gambling cognitions, psychological states, and gambling: A cross-cultural study of Chinese and Caucasians in Australia

T Po Oei, J Lin, N Raylu - Journal of cross-cultural …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
High rates of gambling and problem gambling among the Chinese have been well
documented in anecdotal and empirical reports. However, there is a lack of research on the …

The biopsychosocial approach to gambling: Contextual factors in research and clinical interventions

MD Griffiths, P Delfabbro - Journal of Gambling Issues (JGI), 2001 - irep.ntu.ac.uk
Objective: This paper argues that adherence to a single, specialised theory of gambling is
largely untenable. It highlights limitations of existing theories of gambling at three …

Sex differences in the rates of recovery, treatment-seeking, and natural recovery in pathological gambling: results from an Australian community-based twin survey

WS Slutske, A Blaszczynski, NG Martin - Twin Research and Human …, 2009 - cambridge.org
The aim of this study was to estimate the rates of recovery, treatment-seeking, and natural
recovery from pathological gambling (PG) in men and women in a community-based …

The concerned significant others of people with gambling problems in a national representative sample in Sweden–a 1 year follow-up study

J Svensson, U Romild, E Shepherdson - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background Research into the impact of problem gambling on close social networks is
scarce with the majority of studies only including help-seeking populations. To date only one …

Not the same: a comparison of female and male clients seeking treatment from problem gambling counselling services

BR Crisp, SA Thomas, AC Jackson, S Smith… - Journal of Gambling …, 2004 - Springer
Previous studies of problem gamblers portray this group as being almost exclusively male.
However, this study demonstrates that females comprised 46% of the population (n= 1,520) …

[PDF][PDF] The attractions and risks of Internet gambling for women: A qualitative study

R Corney, J Davis - Journal of Gambling Issues, 2010 - onlinecasinoground.nl
In this qualitative study, 25 females were interviewed who gambled frequently on the
Internet. This paper describes the women's views about the Internet as a place to gamble …

Gamblers Anonymous as a recovery pathway: A sco** review

A Schuler, P Ferentzy, NE Turner, W Skinner… - Journal of Gambling …, 2016 - Springer
Given the preponderance of Gamblers Anonymous (GA), there has been relatively little effort
to explore the existing evidence base on its effectiveness as a recovery approach for …