Genetic overlap between personality and risk for disordered gambling: Evidence from a national community-based Australian twin study

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 250-255

  Slutske, Wendy S ^a   Cho, Seung Bin ^a   Piasecki, Thomas M ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disordered gambling; Genetic influences; Personality; Sex differences; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALIENATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY; SELF CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

EID: 84875972527     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029999     Document Type: Article

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