Personality traits and disorders in pathological gamblers versus normal controls

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-40

  Sáez Abad, Cristina ^a   Bertolin Guillén, José Manuel ^b  

^a Valencian Health Agency   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Descriptive study; Pathological gambling; Personality; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CARE; SPAIN; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; CHARACTER; COMORBIDITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHARACTER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 46449087067     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v27n01_04     Document Type: Article

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