Gambling and Gaming Addictions in Adolescence

The guide gives the practitioner an understanding of why children and adolescents may come to play fruit machines/video games to excess and includes knowledge about the risk factors involved in this. It includes practical and common–sense interventions that may be beneficial for such children and adolescents and also includes practical advice to give to parents facing their child’s behavioural addiction.

Spis treści:
Introduction.
Part I: Behavioural Addictions.
Part II: Technological Addictions.
Part III: Adolescent Gambling.
Part IV: Gambling on Fruit Machines.
Part V: Videogames and Fruit Machines – Commonalities.
Part VI: Adolescent Videogame Playing.
Part VII: Fruit Machines and Videogames – Some Final Comments.
References.
Further Reading.
Appendices.
Hints for Parents.

Nota biograficzna:
Mark Griffiths is lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University.

Okładka tylna:
The guide gives the practitioner an understanding of why children and adolescents may come to play fruit machines/video games to excess and includes knowledge about the risk factors involved in this. It includes practical and common–sense interventions that may be beneficial for such children and adolescents and also includes practical advice to give to parents facing their child’s behavioural addiction.