Belief in a lucky self: The role of personal luck in the facilitation and maintenance of gambling behavior;Croyance en un soi chanceux : effet de la croyance en la chance personnelle sur l'émergence et le maintien les conduites de jeu de hasard et d'argent

Psychologie Francaise

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-23

  Wohl, M J A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Counterfactual thinking; Gambling; Illusion of control; Law of contagion; Law of similarity; Pathological gambling; Personal luck; Sympathetic magic

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549101214     PISSN: 00332984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psfr.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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