Personality factors as predictors of pathological gambling

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 933-937

  Myrseth, Helga ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^a   Molde, Helge ^a   Johnsen, Bjørn Helge ^a   Lorvik, Ingjerd Meen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Treatment Center for Addictive Disorders   (Norway)

Author keywords

Impulsivity; Logistic regression; NEO FFI; Pathological gambling; Personality; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849112924     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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