Underlying cognitions in the selection of lottery tickets

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 749-763

  Hardoon, Karen K ^a   Baboushkin, Hayley R ^b   Derevensky, Jeffrey L ^b   Gupta, Rina ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescents; Cognitions; Gambling; Lottery; Pathological; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STUDENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUEBEC; RECREATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034998853     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.1047     Document Type: Article

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