Beliefs about control over gambling among young people, and their relation to problem gambling

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-347

  Moore, Susan M ^a   Ohtsuka, Keis ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0032787066     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.13.4.339     Document Type: Article

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