The relationship between gambling affinity, impulsivity, sensation seeking, superstition, and irrational beliefs: An empirical study among committed gamblers
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Much of the psychological research on individual gamblers has examined a range of personality characteristics (e.g., sensation seeking, impulsivity) and other characteristics associated with gambling (e.g., superstition). The current study sought to examine the relationship between gambling affinity and superstition, paranormal beliefs, irrational beliefs about gambling, sensation seeking and impulsivity. A sample of 329 of mainly ‘committed’ gamblers participated in a cross-sectional survey employing a wide range of validated psychometric measures. Results showed that gambling affinity was positively correlated with all measures of irrational beliefs, sensation seeking and impulsivity. High affinity gamblers were significantly more likely to endorse superstitious and irrational beliefs, and to score higher in sensation seeking than low affinity gamblers. Superstition, sensation seeking, impulsivity, and irrational beliefs about gambling predicted 32.5% of the variance in gambling affinity. Only impulsivity was a non-significant predictor and may therefore be a mediator between other factors and gambling affinity.Publicado
2013-12-18
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Espai Obert
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