Shifted risk preferences in pathological gambling

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1059-1068

  Ligneul, R ^a   Sescousse, G ^a   Barbalat, G ^a   Domenech, P ^a   Dreher, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioral addiction; decision making; gambling; probability discounting; probability weighting; prospect theory; risk seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GAMBLING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; MALE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84875926946     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712001900     Document Type: Article

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