Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors (CSHRB), University of Washington, 1100 NE 45th St, Suite 300, Box 354944, Seattle, WA, 98195-4944, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA, 98195-1525, USA.
J Gambl Stud. 2019 Mar;35(1):143-153. doi: 10.1007/s10899-018-9789-4.
Today's college students have grown up with legalized gambling and access to a variety of gambling venues. Compared to the general adult population, rates of disordered gambling among college students are nearly double. Previous research suggests that the desire to win money is a strong motivator to gamble (Neighbors et al. in J Gambl Stud 18:361-370, 2002a); however, there is a dearth of literature on attitudes towards money in relation to gambling behavior. The current study evaluated the association between the four subscales of the Money Attitude Scale (Yamauchi and Templer in J Pers Assess 46:522-528, 1982) and four gambling outcomes (frequency, quantity, consequences and problem severity) in a sample of college students (ages 18-25; N = 2534) using hurdle negative binomial regression model analyses. Results suggest that college students who hold high Power-Prestige or Anxiety attitudes toward money were more likely to gamble and experience greater consequences related to their gambling. Distrust attitudes were negatively associated with gambling behaviors. Retention-Time attitudes were not significantly associated with gambling behaviors and may not be directly relevant to college students, given their often limited fiscal circumstances. These findings suggest that money attitudes may be potential targets for prevention programs in this population.
如今，大学生在赌博合法化和各种赌博场所的环境中成长。与普通成年人群相比，大学生中出现赌博障碍的比例几乎是其两倍。先前的研究表明，赢钱的欲望是赌博的一个强大动机（Neighbors 等人，2002a）；然而，关于金钱态度与赌博行为之间关系的文献却很少。本研究使用 hurdle 负二项回归模型分析，评估了金钱态度量表（Yamauchi 和 Templer，1982）的四个分量表与四种赌博结果（频率、数量、后果和问题严重程度）之间的关联，研究对象为大学生（年龄 18-25 岁；n=2534）。结果表明，对金钱持有高权力-威望或焦虑态度的大学生更有可能赌博，并且与赌博相关的后果更严重。不信任态度与赌博行为呈负相关。保留时间态度与赌博行为没有显著关联，而且鉴于大学生通常有限的经济状况，保留时间态度可能与他们没有直接关系。这些发现表明，金钱态度可能是该人群预防计划的潜在目标。
