SynthesisJournal of gambling studies2014
Risk perception in gambling: a systematic review.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Gambling and sexual behaviors in African-American adolescents.Addictive behaviors · 2014Trial
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- Diminishing loss sensitivity during risky decision-making among male individuals with gambling disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- The role of deviant leisure tendencies and loneliness in gambling craving.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Causal impact of gambling-related cognitive distortions on the severity of gambling disorder: A one-year multicenter longitudinal study in treatment-seeking patients in Japan.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- The Relationships of Early Use of Marijuana With Substance Use and Violence in Adolescent Gamblers and Non-Gamblers.Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025Article
- Betting on Your Feelings: The Interplay between Emotion and Cognition in Gambling Affective Task.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Peer Victimization and Positive and Negative Social Risk Taking in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2023Article
- Mediating Role of Impulsivity in the Contributory Roles of Upward Versus Downward Counterfactual Thinking in Youth Gambling Intention.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
- No effect of short term exposure to gambling like reward systems on post game risk taking.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Sex differences in neural substrates of risk taking: Implications for sex-specific vulnerabilities to internet gaming disorder.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
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- Representations of depression and schizophrenia in the community: The role of illness and risk perceptions on help-seeking intentions.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Short-Term Effectiveness of the Youth Gambling Prevention Program "Who Really Wins?"-Results from the First National Implementation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The role of cultural worldviews in predicating gambling risk perception and behavior in a Chinese sample.Brain and behavior · 2021Article
- The assessment of physical risk taking: Preliminary construct validation of a new behavioral measure.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
Perception of the consequences of risk affects motivation and behaviour. In gambling, distorted expectations and preferences towards outcomes are associated with significant social and clinical harms. A systematic review was conducted to examine the relationship between gambling risk perception and behaviour. Sixteen studies met inclusion criteria. Studies provided evidence that disordered gamblers hold both more optimistic overall perceptions of risk, and a mixture of more positive and more negative specific outcome expectations. Preliminary evidence suggests a range of contextual and individual differences moderate risk perception affecting decision-making. Disordered gamblers appear to sustain motivation to gamble, despite more negative expectations and experiences, via cognitive processes that result in preferential emphasis on positive over negative outcomes. Given potential differences in the perception of risk between various categories of gamblers, clinicians should take into account how gamblers in treatment view gambling as a risky behaviour. Improving the accuracy of such perceptions may reduce the propensity for risk-taking behaviours.
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