Impulsivity as a Moderator and Mediator Between Life Stress and Pathological Gambling among Chinese Treatment-Seeking Gamblers

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-584

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Chinese pathological gambling; Impulsivity and Chinese gambling; Impulsivity, stress, and gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864469943     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-011-9355-0     Document Type: Article

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