Irrational beliefs revisited: Exploring the role of gambling preferences in the development of misconceptions in gamblers

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-46

  Lund, Ingeborg ^a  

^a SIRUS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gambling preferences; irrational beliefs; moderation effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651321715     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2010.493979     Document Type: Article

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