Perceptions among pathological and nonpathological gamblers

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 555-565

  Ladouceur, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erroneous perceptions; Gambling related perceptions; Nonpathological gamblers; Pathological gamblers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERCEPTION; VERBALIZATION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH;

EID: 1642619417     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2003.08.025     Document Type: Article

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