Undercontrolled Temperament at Age 3 Predicts Disordered Gambling at Age 32: A Longitudinal Study of a Complete Birth Cohort

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 510-516

  Slutske, Wendy S ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^b,c   Poulton, Richie ^d   Caspi, Avshalom ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

disordered gambling; personality; prediction; psychopathology; self control; temperament; undercontrol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861733371     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611429708     Document Type: Article

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