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Passion for poker and the relationship with gambling problems: a cross-sectional study
- Source :
- International Gambling Studies. 17:176-191
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- Previous research has shown that poker players spend significant time, large amounts of money and have a high prevalence of gambling problems. While some studies have examined the association between gambling behaviours and passion, none have explored this association specifically among poker players. This study aims to examine the relationships between two types of passion (i.e. harmonious and obsessive) and severity of gambling problems among poker players. A sample of 159 poker players was recruited from across Quebec, Canada. The outcome variable of interest was participants’ scores on the Canadian Pathological Gambling Index and the predictive variable was the Gambling Passion Scale. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify independent risk factors of at-risk poker players. Severity of gambling problems is positively associated with obsessive passion (p < .05). However, harmonious passion is not associated with gambling problems. These results align with previous findi...
- Subjects :
- 050103 clinical psychology
Cross-sectional study
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05 social sciences
030508 substance abuse
Passion
Logistic regression
humanities
03 medical and health sciences
Outcome variable
Scale (social sciences)
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
0305 other medical science
Association (psychology)
Psychology
Social psychology
Applied Psychology
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Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14794276 and 14459795
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Gambling Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........442c0b346915de995a99f2a67aebb296