ILLUSORY CORRELATIONS: THE COGNITIVE APPROACH TO PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING

• Authors: Mórotz Kenéz

Title variants

HU

Illuzórikus korrelációk, avagy az önáltatás magasiskolája. A patológiás játékszenvedély kognitív megközelítése

• Languages of publication: HU

Abstracts

EN

Pathological gambling represents a growing public health risk. The study after the survey of the main etiopathological factors analyses the learning and cognitive processes, being crucial in the development and maintenance of the disorder. The most important cognitive distortion is the belief of the gamblers that they can control the game and predict the result. The cognitive approach to pathological gambling made it possible to evaluate adequate cognitive interventions, effectiveness of which has been proven.

Keywords

EN

clinical features and epidemiology of pathological gambling; etiopathogenetic factors; system of cognitive distortion; irrational beliefs about the chance; illusorical correlations; methods of cognitive therapy

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Hungarian Association for Psychology
• Journal: Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle (Hungarian Psychological Review)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 121-139
• Document type: REVIEW

Contributors

author

Mórotz Kenéz