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Motivation and gambling involvement
Y Chantal1, R J Vallerand, E F Vallières
1Research Laboratory on Social Behavior, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada.
The Journal of Social Psychology
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
It is argued that motivation is a key determinant of gambling involvement. The hypothesis--that participants who exhibit a high self-determined motivational profile (i.e., engage in gambling for fun and have a sense of choice) will report a higher degree of involvement--was supported in a study conducted in Canada, with 245 gamblers who bet on horses. Also, the male participants were more involved in gambling than the female participants were.