Engaging in "illusory control" during repeated risk-taking

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 959-962

  Dixon, Mark R ^a   Hayes, Linda J ^b   Ebbs, Ralph E ^b  

^a Trinity Services Inc   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLUSION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; GAMBLING; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; NEVADA; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0032248228     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.3.959     Document Type: Article

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