Direct and Indirect Influences of Fate Control Belief, Gambling Expectancy Bias, and Self-Efficacy on Problem Gambling and Negative Mood Among Chinese College Students: A Multiple Mediation Analysis

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 533-543

  Tang, Catherine So kum ^a   Wu, Anise M S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias and gambling; Cognitive mediators and gambling; Fate control and gambling; Gambling and negative mood; Self efficacy and gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149500255     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-010-9177-1     Document Type: Article

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