Aggressive behaviour in adult slot machine gamblers: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-272

  Parke, Adrian ^a   Griffiths, Mark ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Dysfunctional behaviour; Gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744502723     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.824     Document Type: Article

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