On the determinants of persistent gambling behaviour. I. High‐frequency poker machine players

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ID9619223
AuthorsMark Dickerson (Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals, corresponding author), John Hinchy (Australian National University), Stephanie Legg England (Australian National University), John Fabre, John W Fabre (Australian National University), Ross Cunningham, Ross B Cunningham (Australian National University)
Year1992
Volume83
Issue2
Pages237-248
Publication date1992-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1992.tb02438.x
PMID1611411
OpenAlexW2031326862
LanguageEN
Citations received14

Persistent gambling was studied as a function of the reinforcement of arousal and winning during normal poker machine playing sessions. Play rate, heart rate, winnings, subjective excitement and expectations of winning were recorded for five male and five female high‐frequency players. Autoregressive regression analysis indicated that wins affect play rate for up to three minutes, while effects of the other variables were inconsistent. Markov chain analysis confirmed that wins smaller than 50 credits tend to elevate play rate, while larger wins cause a breakdown in the otherwise very regular rate of play. Results are discussed in relation to the development of impaired control of gambling behaviour

Affect (linguistics) · Arousal · Audiology · Developmental psychology · Markov chain · Statistics · Communication · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · Psychology · Social Psychology

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