To play or not to play: A personal dilemma in pathological gambling

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 562-569

  Giorgetta, Cinzia ^a,b   Grecucci, Alessandro ^b   Rattin, Andrea ^b   Guerreschi, Cesare ^c   Sanfey, Alan G ^b,d,e   Bonini, Nicolao ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c Società Italiana Intervento Patologie Compulsive SIIPAC   (Italy)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Course of pathology; Decision making; Impulsivity; Loss aversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; THINKING; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; GAMBLING; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SELF REPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84907598503     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.06.042     Document Type: Article

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