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Association of cognitive distortions with problem and pathological gambling in adult male twins.
Psychiatry research - 30 Sept 2008
Xian Hong, Shah Kamini R, Phillips Sharon M, Scherrer Jeffrey F, Volberg Rachel, Eisen Seth A
Abstract excerpt
Treatment studies suggest that gambling-related irrational beliefs and attitudes (i.e., cognitive distortions (CDs)) contribute to the risk for problem gambling behavior. In a community sample of men, we investigated the associations among lifetime gambling-related CDs, psychiatric disorders other than pathological gambling , and problem gambling severity. Subjects were 1354 members of the Vietnam Era Twin...
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