Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada.
J Gambl Stud. 2012 Dec;28(4):649-63. doi: 10.1007/s10899-011-9279-4.
The current study examined the differences in arousal (physiologically and subjectively) between gamblers and non-gamblers. Thirty students from a mid-sized university took part in the study for a chance to win money in a gambling task. Nearly half of the participants identified themselves as non-gamblers and slightly more than half of the participants considered themselves gamblers. Findings indicated that gamblers experienced a significantly higher increase in physiological arousal (heart rate) compared to non-gamblers during the gambling experience. The results suggests the possibility that physiological arousal may play a role in the appeal of gambling to certain types of people. Furthermore, when gamblers suffered a loss at the end of the game, they reported feeling worse as compared to the non-gamblers and relative to their state before playing. Moreover, this affective change explained 28.6% of the variance in gambling behavior according to self-reports. Findings suggest that gamblers in our study may have been more personally invested in the gambling tasks, such that losing was more disappointing to the habitual gamblers than the non-gamblers.
本研究考察了赌徒和非赌徒之间的兴奋（生理和主观）差异。来自一所中等规模大学的 30 名学生参与了这项研究，以期在赌博任务中赢得奖金。近一半的参与者认为自己是非赌徒，略多于一半的参与者认为自己是赌徒。研究结果表明，与非赌徒相比，赌徒在赌博过程中心率明显升高。结果表明，生理兴奋可能在某些人对赌博的吸引力中起作用。此外，当赌徒在游戏结束时输钱时，他们的感觉比非赌徒更糟糕，与他们玩游戏前的状态相比。此外，根据自我报告，这种情感变化解释了 28.6%的赌博行为差异。研究结果表明，我们研究中的赌徒可能对赌博任务更有个人投入，因此输钱对习惯性赌徒的失望程度比对非赌徒更高。
