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Research Article

Further evaluation of the construct, convergent and criterion validity of the Gambling Urge Scale with university-student gamblers

, MA, , PhD, , MS & , EdD
Pages 326-331 | Received 13 Mar 2013, Accepted 28 May 2013, Published online: 09 Jul 2013

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