Personality, luck beliefs, and (non-?) problem lottery gambling

Edmund Thompson; Gerard P Prendergast; Gerard H Dericks

doi:10.1007/s11482-019-09791-4

Personality, luck beliefs, and (non-?) problem lottery gambling

Edmund Thompson, Gerard P Prendergast, Gerard H Dericks

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This study offers both the first systematic investigation of the relationship between the five-factor personality model and general (ostensibly non-problem) lottery gambling, and the first application of Thompson and Prendergast’s (2013) bidimensional model of luck beliefs to gambling behavior. Cross-sectional analyses (N = 844) indicate the bidimensional model of luck beliefs significantly accounts for variance in lottery gambling that is discrete from and greater than that of the five-factor personality model. Moreover, the broad pattern of relationships we find between presumably harmless state-sponsored lottery gambling and both personality and luck beliefs tend to parallel those found in studies of problem gambling, with implications for quality of life and public policy in relation to lottery gambling.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	703–722
Number of pages	20
Journal	Applied Research in Quality of Life
Volume	16
Issue number	2
Early online date	25 Nov 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-019-09791-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2021

Keywords

Gambling; lotteries; five-factor model personality model; belief in luck; belief in personal luckiness; public policy

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General Business,Management and Accounting
General Psychology
General Social Sciences

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