Factors associated with disordered gambling in Finland
Open Access
- 1 July 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
- Vol. 8 (1) , 24
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the socio-demographic characteristics of non-problem gamblers, problem gamblers and pathological gamblers, to investigate the association between gambling related factors and perceived health and well-being among the three subgroups of gamblers, and to analyse simultaneously socio-demographic characteristics, gambling related factors and perceived health and well-being and the severity of disordered gambling (problem gamblers and pathological gamblers).Keywords
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