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Gambling problems among United Kingdom armed forces veterans: Associations with gambling motivation and posttraumatic stress disorder

Glen Dighton Orcid Logo, Katie Wood Orcid Logo, Cherie Armour Orcid Logo, Matt Fossey Orcid Logo, Lee Hogan Orcid Logo, Neil Kitchiner Orcid Logo, Justyn Larcombe, Robert D. Rogers Orcid Logo, Simon Dymond Orcid Logo

International Gambling Studies, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 35 - 56

Swansea University Authors: Glen Dighton Orcid Logo, Simon Dymond Orcid Logo

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Military service, mental health, and gambling activities and motivations as predictors of problem gambling in a sample of UK AF veterans. Age-and-gender matched veterans (n = 1,037) and non-veterans (n = 1,148) completed an online survey of problem gambling, gambling motivation, mental health (depre...

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title_short Gambling problems among United Kingdom armed forces veterans: Associations with gambling motivation and posttraumatic stress disorder
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