The relationship between gambling cognitions, psychological states, and gambling: A cross-cultural study of Chinese and caucasians in Australia

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-161

  Oei, Tian Po ^a   Lin, James ^a   Raylu, Namrata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chinese; Cognition; Culture; Depression; Gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149105243     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022107312587     Document Type: Article

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