Gambling Motivations, Money-Limiting Strategies, and Precommitment Preferences of Problem Versus Non-Problem Gamblers

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-372

  Nower, Lia ^a   Blaszczynski, Alex ^b  

^a Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addictions; Gaming machines; Harm reduction; Impulse control disorders; Money attitudes; Pathological gambling; Precommitment; Problem gambling; Smart cards

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; REWARD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956292201     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-009-9170-8     Document Type: Article

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