ReviewJournal of gambling studies2020
Gamble with Your Head and Not Your Heart: A Conceptual Model for How Thinking-Style Promotes Irrational Gambling Beliefs.
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- The effect of doll blind box uncertainty on consumers' irrational consumption behavior: the role of instant gratification, Gambler's fallacy, and perceived scarcity.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Short-term effectiveness of gambling treatment in the Daily Clinic for Gambling Addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Does gambling preference level affect occupational fraud behavior?-Evidence from a survey study in China.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The protective effects of cognitive empathy and emotional empathy on gambling disorder are mediated by risk aversion and responsible gambling attitude.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Social Connectedness and Associations with Gambling Risk in New Zealand.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Protective Action and Risky Beliefs: The Relationship Between Religion and Gambling Fallacies.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Article
- Online Gambling Activity, Pay-to-Win Payments, Motivation to Gamble and Coping Strategies as Predictors of Gambling Disorder Among e-sports Bettors.Journal of gambling studies · 2021Article
- Association of Near-Miss with Two Erroneous Gambling Cognitions and Betting Intention: Evidence from Nigerian Adolescents.Journal of gambling studies · 2021Article
- The Relationship between Impulsiveness, Self-Esteem, Irrational Gambling Belief and Problem Gambling Moderating Effects of Gender.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Decision making and framing effects in multiple sclerosis.European journal of neurology · 2021Article
- Training gamblers to re-think their gambling choices: How contextual analytical thinking may be useful in promoting safer gambling.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2020Article
- Gambling-Specific Cognitions Are Not Associated With Either Abstract or Probabilistic Reasoning: A Dual Frequentist-Bayesian Analysis of Individuals With and Without Gambling Disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Dual process theory suggests that people use two processing systems to filter information and form judgments that direct a course of action: an intuitive and an analytic system. While the intuitive system is necessary for efficient and effective daily functioning, reliance on fast, intuitive thinking when gambling is likely to result in biased or flawed decision-making. Those who gamble tend to endorse an array of fallacious or irrational beliefs that contribute to risky decision-making and excessive gambling. This paper argues that gambling beliefs may be developed and reinforced through underlying cognitive mechanisms described by dual process theory. More specifically, gamblers tend to apply assumptions and theories developed based on their understanding of the natural world to artificial gambling contexts where such rules do not apply. As a result, gamblers develop biased interpretations and understandings for how gambling works, which tend to align with personal schemas, experiences and gambling motivations. These beliefs are used in future gambling contexts to inform decision-making. Gamblers are often unlikely or unwilling to reflect on the veracity of beliefs as they are often used to justify gambling behaviours. Educating gamblers on how they make decisions and encouraging them to think more analytically may help to reduce the strength with which erroneous beliefs about gambling are endorsed, resulting in safer gambling decisions.
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