Electronic gaming machine warning messages: Information versus self-evaluation

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-96

  Monaghan, Sally ^a   Blaszczynski, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Electronic gaming machines; Problem gambling; Public health policy; Warning signs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; GAMBLING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 73549123191     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980903356081     Document Type: Article

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