Gambling as a search for justice: Examining the role of personal relative deprivation in gambling urges and gambling behavior

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1514-1529

  Callan, Mitchell J ^a   Ellard, John H ^b   Will Shead, N ^b   Hodgins, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Gambling; Gambling urges; Justice motivation; Personal relative deprivation; Problem gambling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149115658     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208322956     Document Type: Article

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