Use of warning messages to modify gambling beliefs and behavior in a laboratory investigation

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Floyd, Kim ^a,b   Whelan, James P ^a,b   Meyers, Andrew W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief intervention; Gambling; Prevention; Warning messages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONEY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; CUES; CULTURE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LABORATORIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645332617     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.20.1.69     Document Type: Article

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