Measuring cognitive distortions in pathological gambling: Review and meta-analyses

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 730-743

  Goodie, Adam S ^a   Fortune, Erica E ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cognitive distortion; Gambling; Heuristic; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EFFECT SIZE; GAMBLING BELIEF QUESTIONNAIRE 2; GAMBLING BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES SURVEY; GAMBLING BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE 1; GAMBLING RELATED COGNITIONS SCALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; INFORMATION BIASES SCALE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERCEIVED PERSONAL LUCK SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIDEO GAMING DEVICE INVENTORY;

ATTITUDE; COGNITION DISORDERS; GAMBLING; HUMANS;

EID: 84884661693     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031892     Document Type: Article

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