Cognitive distortions as a component and treatment focus of pathological gambling: A review

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-310

  Fortune, Erica E ^a   Goodie, Adam S ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; cognitive behavioral therapy; cognitive distortions; heuristics and biases; pathological gambling

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RECALL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; CONTROL; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867324945     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026422     Document Type: Review

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