The gambling follow-up scale: Development and reliability testing of a scale for pathological gamblers under treatment

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-86

  De Castro, Viviane ^a   Fuentes, Daniel ^a   Tavares, Hermano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Family; Follow up; Gamblers Anonymous; Leisure; Pathological gambling; Scale; Treatment; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEISURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FAMILY RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SELF HELP; STATISTICS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 20544445261     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505000202     Document Type: Article

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