02559cmm a2200409 4500 214829224 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 060329s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780511161544 electronic bk. 0511161549 electronic bk. 9780511160813 electronic bk. : Adobe Reader 051116081X electronic bk. : Adobe Reader 9780521847018 052184701X 9780511160240 0511160240 9780511161278 electronic bk. 0511161271 electronic bk. (OCoLC)65283425 N$T eng N$T OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCG OCLCQ EBLCP BAKER NRU AU@ E7B OCLCQ IDEBK TUU OCLCQ TxAuBib Dickerson, Mark G. Gambling as an addictive behaviour [electronic resource] : impaired control, harm minimisation, treatment and prevention / Mark Dickerson, John O'Connor. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2006. 1 online resource (xxvii, 176 p.) : ill. International research monographs in the addictions Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-171) and index. Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Declaration; Executive Summary; Glossary; Foreword; List of Tables; List of Figures; 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. 'If thinking about addiction is going to change, the study of excessive gambling is likely to be one of the richest sources of new ideas.' (Jim Orford) This book presents a research-based model of impaired control. Impaired control is considered to be the basis of all addictive behaviours, especially gambling. Compulsive gambling. Gambling. Behavior, Addictive. Psychology Psychopathology Compulsive Behavior. Electronic books. O'Connor, John, 1958- International research monographs in the addictions. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=151733 EBSCOhost