The Gambling Craving Scale: Psychometric Validation and Behavioral Outcomes

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 512-522

  Young, Matthew M ^a   Wohl, Michael J A ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

craving; gambling; multidimensional; persistence; scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMBLING CRAVING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350116963     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015043     Document Type: Article

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