Ginley Meredith K, Whelan James P, Relyea George E, Meyers Andrew W, Pearlson Godfrey D
Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152, USA,
J Gambl Stud. 2015 Sep;31(3):907-19. doi: 10.1007/s10899-014-9445-6.
The acquired preparedness model posits that impulsivity influences the development of outcome expectancies that then influence the engagement in a specific risk taking behavior. The purpose of this study was to test the acquired preparedness model for gambling behavior of college students using a multidimensional approach to impulsivity. Employing a structural equation approach, it was predicted that a full mediational model that includes multiple dimensions of impulsivity and multiple outcome expectancies would predict gambling frequency and gambling symptomatology. Support was found for the acquired preparedness model in understanding why some college students gamble more frequently or problematically. Specifically, better model fit was found for the full mediational model that included outcome expectancies to predict both frequency and gambling symptomatology than the model that included the direct relation between impulsivity and gambling.
习得性准备模型假定,冲动性会影响结果预期的形成,而结果预期随后会影响个体参与特定冒险行为的程度。本研究的目的是使用多维冲动性方法来检验大学生赌博行为的习得性准备模型。采用结构方程方法预测,一个包含冲动性多个维度和多个结果预期的完全中介模型将能够预测赌博频率和赌博症状。研究发现,习得性准备模型有助于理解为什么一些大学生赌博频率更高或存在赌博问题。具体而言,与包含冲动性和赌博直接关系的模型相比,包含结果预期以预测频率和赌博症状的完全中介模型具有更好的模型拟合度。