Compulsivity and impulsivity in pathological gambling: Does a dimensional-transdiagnostic approach add clinical utility to DSM-5 classification?

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 825-847

  Bottesi, Gioia ^a   Ghisi, Marta ^a   Ouimet, Allison J ^b   Tira, Michael D ^a   Sanavio, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive measures; Compulsive impulsive spectrum; Pathological Gambling; Self report measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSION; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943358939     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-014-9470-5     Document Type: Article

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