Psychometric evaluation of the inventory of Gambling Motives, Attitudes and Behaviours (GMAB) among Chinese gamblers

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-347

  Wu, Anise M S ^a   Tao, Vivienne Y K ^a   Tong, Kwok kit ^a   Cheung, Shu Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

attitudes; behaviours; beliefs; Chinese; gambling; measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867925660     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2012.678273     Document Type: Article

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