Females' Coping Styles and Control over Poker Machine Gambling

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-432

  Scannell, Evelyn D ^a   Quirk, Martina M ^a   Smith, Ken ^b   Maddern, R ^c   Dickerson, M ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0041016468     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009484207439     Document Type: Article

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