Listening to their stories: Students' perspectives about campus gambling

Caswell, Jim

doi:10.1002/ss.192

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“…Poker-specifically Texas Hold'em poker-is one of the most popular forms of gambling worldwide (Caswell, 2006;Hardy, 2006). The rise in popularity occurred in 2000 and is likely attributable to the development of the online poker industry (Wood, Griffiths, & Parke, 2007) and the game's appearance in mainstream media.…”

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The Influence of Locus of Control and Sensation Seeking Among Undergraduate Texas Hold’em Players

Shumlich

Perez

Hoaken³

2017

JGI

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Texas Hold'em poker has become increasingly popular on university and college campuses. However, not much is known about personality correlates of engaging in Hold'em, which is commonly seen as more skill-based compared to other forms of gambling. The current study sought to determine where, how much, and which students are playing Hold'em, and to further distinguish these patterns among gamblers. The current study describes Canadian university students' Hold'em-specific behaviour and beliefs, as well as determines whether locus of control and sensation seeking traits independently correlate with and predict gambling behaviour among a university sample. Undergraduate students (N = 96) completed an online questionnaire containing Rotter's Internality-Externality scale (I-E), the Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) and the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS). Participants played a round of Hold'em in lab and answered a survey about their perception of Hold'em and of the game they played. Sensation seeking and external locus of control were significantly positively correlated with gambling pathology. Participants overestimated the number of hands played and the time spent playing Hold'em. There was a significant positive correlation between gambling pathology and gambling success. The I-E and boredom susceptibility sensation seeking subscale significantly predicts some problem/pathological gambling. The current study suggests that more pathological gamblers display higher levels of sensation seeking and a more external locus of control than nonproblem gamblers, and that the type of gambling activity and setting in which gambling occurs should be considered in future research looking at personality characteristics of certain problem/pathological gamblers.

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confidence: 99%