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Behavioural Analyses of Gambling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

D. M. Saunders  and
P. E. Wookey
D. M. Saunders
Affiliation:
Polytechnic of Wales
P. E. Wookey
Affiliation:
Plymouth Polytechnic
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1978 was marked by the publication of two major reports on gambling, the Royal Commissioners Report (1978) and the Home Office Research Report by Cornish (1978). These are in many senses complementary publications. The Royal Commission presents a wealth of factual data on the various forms of gambling in the UK, and devotes only two pages to the psychology of gambling, in which reference is made to Cornish's report and endorsement given to the conclusion. Cornish offers an extensive and systematic review of psychological and sociological approaches to gambling with an interesting synthesis and suggestions for future research. The present paper is in no way attempting to parallel Cornish's exhaustive treatment of the subject, but rather to argue for and examine a specific approach to the problem of gambling.

Type
Research Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , January 1980 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1980

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