Lost in the game: Narratives of addiction and identity in recovery from problem gambling

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 511-521

  Reith, Gerda ^a   Dobbie, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gambling; Identity; Qualitative sociology; Recovery; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868364357     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2012.672599     Document Type: Article

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