Beyond the gambling paradigm: Internal controllability in decision-making

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 259-266

  Brandstätter, Eduard ^a   Schwarzenberger, Herbert ^b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0347240665     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.2.259     Document Type: Article

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