Academic Journal
Gambling as a Search for Justice: Examining the Role of Personal Relative Deprivation in Gambling Urges and Gambling Behavior
| العنوان: | Gambling as a Search for Justice: Examining the Role of Personal Relative Deprivation in Gambling Urges and Gambling Behavior |
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| المؤلفون: | Callan, Mitchell J., Ellard, John H., Will Shead, N., Hodgins, David C. |
| المصدر: | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ; volume 34, issue 11, page 1514-1529 ; ISSN 0146-1672 1552-7433 |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications |
| سنة النشر: | 2008 |
| الوصف: | The present article explores the hypothesis that gambling might serve a justice-seeking function for some people, as gambling might offer a means to pursuing desirable outcomes that people feel they deserve but might be unable or unwilling to attain through conventional means. In Study 1, across two separate samples, self-reports of personal relative deprivation predict problem gambling and gambling urges over and above relevant control variables. In Study 2, the authors manipulate personal relative deprivation by informing participants that they have either less or more discretionary income than “similar others.” They then give participants $20 and the opportunity to gamble. The results show that a greater percentage of participants who are “relatively deprived” (vs. “not relatively deprived”) opt to gamble. Two manipulation validation studies demonstrate that the “relatively deprived” participants are preoccupied with justice during a modified Stroop task and feel resentful. Implications for understanding why people gamble are discussed. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0146167208322956 |
| الاتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167208322956 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0146167208322956 |
| Rights: | https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.8D6F7372 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0146167208322956 |
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