Mark Dickerson, John O'Connor

Gambling as an Addictive Behaviour

Impaired Control, Harm Minimisation, Treatment and Prevention

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents research into gambling, showing the psychological variables that govern erosion or maintenance of self-control.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9780521399197
• ISBN-10: 052139919X
• Artikelnr.: 33769088

Autorenporträt

D.O.B 20 February 1958

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Jim Orford
1. The research context
2. Research into impaired control of gambling behaviour: definition and measurement: traditional psychometric and mathematical psychology approaches
3. Impaired control and its relationship to other variables implicated in the development of pathological gambling
4. Models of impaired self-control of gambling
5. Implications for treatment approaches to problem gambling arising from the model of impaired control
6. Implications for harm minimisation in the management of problem gambling: making sense of 'responsible gambling'
7. A case study of 'responsible gambling' strategies within a single jurisdiction: Victoria, Australia
8. Conclusions
Index.