Psychological Vulnerability and Problem Gambling: An Application of Durand Jacobs' General Theory of Addictions to Electronic Gaming Machine Playing in Australia

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 665-690

  McCormick, Jessica ^a   Delfabbro, Paul ^a   Denson, Linley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Dissociation; General theory; Problem gambling; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869495481     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-011-9281-x     Document Type: Article

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