The family functioning of female pathological gamblers

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-44

  Dowling, Nicki ^a   Smith, David ^b   Thomas, Trang ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Family; Gender; Partners; Pathological gambling; Problem gambling; Psychological functioning; Relationship functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349088497     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-007-9126-0     Document Type: Article

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