Using item response theory to examine gambling attitudes and beliefs

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1515-1529

  Strong, David R ^a   Breen, Robert B ^a   Lejuez, C W ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Gambling affinity; Gambling attitudes; Gambling beliefs; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842502023     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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