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ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2016

The impact of precommitment on risk-taking while gambling: A preliminary study.

Damien Brevers, Xavier Noel, Luke Clark, Jekaterina Zyuzin, Joohwan Justin Park, Antoine Bechara

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Article in Journal of behavioral addictions, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Gambling Harm-Minimisation Tools and Their Impact on Gambling Behaviour: A Review of the Empirical Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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  4. Is there a need for personal gambling licences?Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2019
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6 authors.

Damien BreversBrain and Creativity Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Xavier NoelPsychological Medicine and Addictology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Brugmann-campus, Université Libre de Bruxelles , Brussels, Belgium.
Luke ClarkCentre for Gambling Research, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, Canada.
Jekaterina ZyuzinBrain and Creativity Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Joohwan Justin ParkBrain and Creativity Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Antoine BecharaBrain and Creativity Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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Changes in Addictive Behaviors after Brain LesionsR21DA016708 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BECHARA, ANTOINE · 2003 to 2004
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NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA016708
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and aims Precommitment refers to the ability to prospectively restrict the access to temptations. This study examined whether risk-taking during gambling is decreased when an individual has the opportunity to precommit to his forthcoming bet. Methods Sixty individuals participated in a gambling task that consisted of direct choice (simply chose one monetary option among four available ones, ranging from low-risk to high-risk options) or precommitment trials (before choosing an amount, participants had the opportunity to make a binding choice that made high-risk options unavailable). Results We found that participants utilized the precommitment option, such that risk-taking was decreased on precommitment trials compared to direct choices. Within the precommitment trials, there was no significant difference in risk-taking following decisions to restrict versus non-restrict. Discussion These findings suggest that the opportunity to precommit may be sufficient to reduce the attractiveness of risk. Conclusions Present results might be exploited to create interventions aiming at enhancing one's ability to anticipate self-control failures while gambling.

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Choice BehaviorAnalysis of VarianceFeedback, PsychologicalFemaleGamblingHumansMalePsychological TestsPunishmentRewardRiskSelf-ControlYoung Adultgamblingprecommitmentpunishment sensitivityrisk-takingself-control

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PMID28092193
PMCPMC5322997

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