Gambling as an Addictive Behaviour

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.

• | Author: Mark Dickerson
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 27, 2006
• | Number of Pages: 206 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 052184701X
• | ISBN-13: 9780521847018