Exploring facets of personality and escapism in pathological gamblers

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-74

  Reid, Rory C ^a   Li, Desiree S ^a   Lopez, Jean ^b   Collard, Michael ^a   Parhami, Iman ^a   Karim, Reef ^a   Fong, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Escapism; Gambling; Impulsive behavior; Pathological gamblers; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952000267     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1533256X.2011.547071     Document Type: Article

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