Measuring Underlying Meanings of Gambling from the Perspective of Enduring Involvement

Jang, Hochan; Lee, Bongkoo; Park, Minkyung; Stokowski, Patricia A.

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“…Previous research has found that attaching strong self-identity to gambling may increase illusion of control and the likelihood of losing control over gambling (Jang 2000), and that selfidentity through gambling tends to strengthen as problem gambling severity increases (Lee et al 2009). Thus, mistakenly self-identifying as a professional gambler may facilitate harmful gambling activity with a range of negative financial and other consequences.…”

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A Case of Mistaken Identity? A Comparison of Professional and Amateur Problem Gamblers

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Professional gamblers are more likely than amateur gamblers to meet criteria for problem gambling but minimal research has examined their gambling behavior and its consequences. This study compared gambling behavior, problem gambling symptoms, related harms, recognition, and help-seeking among problem semi/professional gamblers (PPGs/PSPGs) and problem amateur gamblers (PAGs). Surveys completed by 57 self-identified professional gamblers, 311 semi-professional gamblers and 4226 amateur gamblers were analysed. PPGs/PSPGs were significantly more likely than PAGs to be male, younger, never married, speak a language other than English at home, and have higher psychological distress, compared to PAGs. PPGs/PSPGs were more likely to gamble more frequently on many skills-based forms, but most also participated in several chance-based forms. PPGs'/PSPGs' most common problematic gambling form was electronic gaming machines and they were more likely to have problems with sports betting than PAGs. Most PPGs/PSPGs reported coming out behind on all gambling forms over the previous year. PPGs/PSPGs were more likely than PAGs to report chasing losses and numerous detrimental financial gambling consequences. This group's self-identification as PPGs/PSPGs is clearly inaccurate and perhaps a means to avoid stigma, elevate status and support problem denial. PPGs/PSPGs may represent an extreme example of gamblers with erroneous cognitions and beliefs who lack the required discipline and skill to be successful professional gamblers. The findings identify a group of problem gamblers who may benefit from interventions to dispel their mistaken self-identity, and emphasize the need for more rigorous confirmation of professional gambler status in future research.

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A Case of Mistaken Identity? A Comparison of Professional and Amateur Problem Gamblers

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“…Numerous researchers have attempted to identify the key determinants behind a wide variety of gamblers (Boughton & Falenchuk, 2007;Jang, lee, Park, & Stokowski, 2000;lee & lee, 2003;Neighbors, lostutter, Cronce, & larimer, 2002;Park, yang, lee, Jang, & Stokowski, 2002;Platz & millar, 2001;yoon & Uysal, 2005). From a business research perspective, insights into gambling motivations are clearly vital for casino managers attempting to understand their customer base (Palmer & mahoney, 2005;Roehl & Weber, 1999).…”

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Casino Development and Visitor Satisfaction: A Case of Korea

Byun¹,

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Lee³

2012

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As the only casino in the country to accept domestic patronage, Korea's Kangwon land Casino was first introduced to revitalize a local economy no longer sustained by coal mining. In investigating this initiative, this study aims to identify the factors that attract domestic visitors to the casino, via a survey of visitors to the site and an analysis of visitor responses. The study firstly outlines and explains why a casino development was chosen to revitalize the local economy, and how areas formally classified for mining were rejuvenated and newly designated districts of tourism and tourism promotion. The investigation then presents the core findings of the study, focusing on visitor satisfaction to the site, along with areas of the site requiring further improvement based on the findings. In sum, the study assists planners to more successfully develop casinos in coordination with local residents, enhancing the capacity of casino developments to revitalize local areas in the longer term. The study offers valuable suggestions for casino development, above all in its initial stages and especially within Asian contexts.

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“…In this study, the involvement to Slow Food was measured using CIP (consumer involvement profile) adapted from McIntyre (1989), andJang et al (2000). McIntyre…”

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“…All experiments associated with involvement were first tested on tangible products (Mittal & Lee, 1989;Zaichkowsky, 1985), and gradually evolved to include intangible products or processes such as destination choice (Josiam, Smeaton, & Clements, 1999), loyalty (Park, 1996), perceived service quality (Suh et al, 1997), information search (Manfredo, 1989), purchasing decision (Green & Chalip, 1998), gambling behaviour (Jang, Lee, Park, & Stokowski, 2000;Park, Yang, Lee, Jang, & Stokowski, 2002), and place attachment (Gross & Brown, 2006).…”

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The importance of food in vacation decision-making: Involvement, lifestyles and destination activity preferences of international Slow Food members

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Food is an important topic in the field of tourism, and has also been studied in many other disciplines. While most tourism literature considers food as an important motivating factor to travel, researchers such as McKercher, Okumus, and Okumus (2008) have suggested that the methods used to study food tourists do not examine the reasons for travel; instead they provide only tenuous causal relationships between actions (visiting a food destination) and motives (wanting to eat food).Thus, a more holistic approach to studying food tourists is required to better define the relationship between tourists' motivation to travel to a destination and their participation in food-related experiences. Therefore, this study examines the vacation decision-making of a group of Slow Food members with a high interest in food in terms of how they select their vacation destinations and their activities in those destinations.Vacation decision-making is a complex process with different stages. Of the different decisionmaking models available to study this process, the FLAG (fits-like-a-glove) theory was adopted as the framework in this study. This model has a naturalistic approach that considers decision-making as a process, and that each individual's decision is influenced by their past experiences (Woodside, 2006). While many underlying variables influence decision-making, two that require further investigation are involvement and lifestyle.This study aimed to understand how food is important in the vacation decision-making of Slow Food members; thus, it examined Slow Food members' destination activity preferences based on their involvement and lifestyle. The Slow Food movement is a non-profit foundation with over 20 years of history and over 100,000 members in 150 countries around the world. The philosophy of Slow Food is based on acquiring 'good, clean and fair' food. "Good food is defined as being tasty and diverse, and produced in such a way as to maximise its flavour and connections to a geographic and cultural region. Clean food is sustainable, helping to preserve rather than destroy the environment, while fair food is produced in socially sustainable ways that emphasise social justice and fair wages" (Schneider, 2008, p. 390).In order to achieve its aim and objectives, the study adopted a mixed methods exploratory research approach. In Phase 1, 40 interviews were conducted with international Slow Food members from four continents to identify their vacation decision-making, food-related lifestyle, travel lifestyle and destination activity preferences. Data analysed in Phase 1 was used in the development of a destination activity preferences scale included in Phase 2. In Phase 2, an online survey of Slow Food members and an on-site survey of non-Slow Food participants were carried out. These surveys iii collected 337 valid responses from international Slow Food members and 207 valid responses from non-Slow Food participants.Thematic analysis was employed to analyse the qualitative data collected in Phase 1 assisted by ...

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Measuring Underlying Meanings of Gambling from the Perspective of Enduring Involvement

Cited by 51 publications

References 50 publications

A Case of Mistaken Identity? A Comparison of Professional and Amateur Problem Gamblers

A Case of Mistaken Identity? A Comparison of Professional and Amateur Problem Gamblers

Casino Development and Visitor Satisfaction: A Case of Korea

The importance of food in vacation decision-making: Involvement, lifestyles and destination activity preferences of international Slow Food members

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