Gambling-Related Cognitive Biases and Pathological Gambling Among Youths, Young Adults, and Mature Adults in Chinese Societies

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-154

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Chinese gambling cognitions; Chinese pathological gambling; Chinese youth gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862847603     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9249-x     Document Type: Article

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