Winning and positive affect can lead to reckless gambling.
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Winning and positive affect can lead to reckless gambling.
Experiments 1 and 2 examined whether winning versus losing led to reckless betting for real prize money. Experiment 2 also assessed whether positive or negative emotions were linked to such reckless betting. College students were randomly assigned to experience primarily either wins or losses during the rigged first round of a computerized card tournament that had 2 independent rounds. For the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1939-1501,0893-164X
DOI: 10.1037/a0014783