Pathological Women Gamblers: Gender-Related Aspects of Control

Sex Roles

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 128-142

  Gavriel Fried, Belle ^a   Ajzenstadt, Mimi ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Control; Motherhood; Pathological gambling; Rational choice; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155160670     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0071-9     Document Type: Article

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