Predictors of pathological gambling severity taking gender differences into account

European Addiction Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 146-154

  Gonzalez Ortega I ^a,b   Echeburua E ^a,b   Corral, P ^b   Polo Lopez R ^b   Alberich, S ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Pathological gambling; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84869884708     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342311     Document Type: Article

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