Search for dissertations about: "gambling probability"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words gambling probability.
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1. Adolescent Gaming and Gambling in Relation to Negative Social Consequences and Health
Abstract : The aims of the thesis were to study relationships between the effects of online gaming and gambling and negative social consequences and ill health among adolescents and to determine whether gaming and gambling activities occur together.The papers in this thesis used epidemiological methods to obtain self-report information from Swedish adolescents aged 13–18 years. READ MORE
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2. Four applications of stochastic processes : Contagious disease, credit risk, gambling and bond portfolios
Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers on applications of stochastic processes. In Paper I we study an open population SIS (Susceptible - Infective - Susceptible) stochastic epidemic model from the time of introduction of the disease, through a possible outbreak and to extinction. The analysis uses coupling arguments and diffusion approximations. READ MORE
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3. Brief online interventions for concerned gamblers in a gambling helpline
Abstract : Background: Problem gambling (PG) is common throughout the world and affects approximately 2% of the adult population in Sweden and most other western countries. Individuals who gamble in a problematic way experience negative consequences in various life domains, such as, economy, physical and mental health, work life and/or in the relations with family and friends. READ MORE
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4. Integrating Probability- and Value Information in Judgment and Decision-Making under Risk : Cognitive Processes, Competence, and Performance
Abstract : Many instances in human affairs involve considering the value of different outcomes and the probability (or risk) of these outcomes occuring (e.g., gambling, financial decision-making, medical decision-making, criminal behavior). READ MORE
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5. Motivational interviewing (MI) and cognitive behavioral group therapy in the treatment of gambling disorder : efficacy, sensitivity to contemporary alcohol problems, and processes in MI
Abstract : The overall objective of the present thesis was to evaluate the efficacy of motivational interviewing (MI) and cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) in the treatment of gambling disorder including comparisons with a no treatment control group. Secondary analyses aimed at investigating the treatments relative sensitivity to contemporary alcohol problems, as well as investigating processes in MI. READ MORE