Gambling as an Addictive Behaviour

By Mark Dickerson and John O'Connor

Book Overview

Presenting the latest conclusions about the psychological processes leading to impaired self-control, this book challenges the current harm-prevention policy of responsible gambling. The authors present the most recent and evolving research into gambling, demonstrating the psychological variables that govern the erosion or maintenance of self-control over gambling behavior. These studies provide an empirical basis for a model of impaired control of gambling. Impaired control, in its broadest sense, is considered to be the defining psychological construct of all the addictive behaviors and occupies a central position in conceptualizing the addictive aspects of gambling.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052184701X
• ISBN13: 9780521847018
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"