Alexithymia and Gambling: A Risk Factor for All Gamblers?

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-96

  Bonnaire, Céline ^a   Bungener, Catherine ^a   Varescon, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Depression; Pathological gambling; Subtypes of gamblers; Types of games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874019521     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-012-9297-x     Document Type: Article

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