Pathological gambling severity is associated with impulsivity in a delay discounting procedure

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Alessi, S M ^a   Petry, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Human; Impulsive behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; GAMBLING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTION; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

QUERCUS;

EID: 0142155119     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00150-5     Document Type: Article

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