ArticleJournal of gambling studies2023
An Empirical Study of the Pathway Model Link Between Cognitive Distortions and Gambling Problems.
Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Educational interventions for erroneous gambling beliefs among Norwegian online casino players: a large-scale real-world study of behavioural impact.Harm reduction journal · 2026Trial
- From Delay Discounting to Gambling Harm: Gambling-related Cognitive Distortions as Mediating Pathways.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Gambling-Related Cognitive Distortions Among Adolescents: A Gender-Based Analysis.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Beyond cognitive distortions: the mediating role of passion between erroneous cognitions and gambling severity.Australian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Electronic Gaming Machine Consumers' Understanding of Past & Future Spending: Associations with Risk, Impulsivity, Self-Control, & Problematic Gambling.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- 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
- Correlates of Problematic Gambling in Emerging Adult University Students in Ireland.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Article
- Getting even: chasing behavior, decision-making, and craving in habitual gamblers.BMC psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
This research empirically tests the relationship between gambling-related cognitive distortions and the development of gambling problems. In two separate studies using methodologies designed to support non-experimental causal inference, we demonstrate that holding false beliefs about gambling experiences is related to current and future risk of developing problems with gambling. In our first study, we use an instrumental variable estimation strategy on an internet sample (n = 184) and observe a statistically significant relationship between Gamblers' Belief Questionnaire scores and measures of loss chasing, overspending, and gambling problems. These findings were robust to linear and ordinal estimation strategies and multiple model specifications. In our second study, we examine five-year prospective longitudinal data (n = 1,431) to validate our initial findings and test whether irrational thoughts are also related to future problems with gambling. While controlling for current fallacies, we find that past Gambling Fallacies Measure scores are related to present gambling problems across two survey waves. The effect size of each of the past fallacy levels is roughly half of the effect size of present levels, suggesting meaningful impacts. Our findings support the Pathways Model of Problem and Pathological Gambling.
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