Department of Psychology, Madonna University, Okija Campus, Okija, Nigeria.
Department of Psychology, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Nigeria.
J Gambl Stud. 2019 Mar;35(1):171-180. doi: 10.1007/s10899-018-9812-9.
Online football (soccer) gambling is among the relatively new sports betting games in Nigeria that use internet connections. Like other gambling games, some psychological profiles either propel or sustain the behavior. We tested some neuropsychological profiles and personality traits that distinguish the regular online football gamblers from non-gamblers. Using a between group design, we tested 140 (60: online football gamblers; 80: non-gamblers) university undergraduate students between the ages of 18-26 years on specific neuropsychological domains (i.e., attention, inhibition and executive function) and personality traits. The neuropsychological tasks used were the Series Addition Task (a modified version of Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task), Stroop-Word Color Test and Trail Making Test (TMT), Parts A and B. The personality traits were assessed using the Big Five Personality Inventory. The findings showed significant differences between the online football gamblers and non-gamblers, reflecting greater agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience for the football gamblers. However, on the attention tasks, the non-gamblers made significantly fewer errors on forward addition and backward subtraction tasks, but did take more time to complete the backward counting task as compared to gamblers. On the other hand, online football gamblers took significantly less time to complete the Stroop congruence task and made significantly fewer errors on Stroop incongruence task. Similarly, the online football gamblers took less time to complete the TMT B and made fewer errors on TMT A. University undergraduate regular online football gamblers, as compared to non-gamblers, demonstrate stronger personality traits of ambition and gregariousness, and perform better on tasks of executive function, though they had more difficulty on tasks of divided and sustained attention.
在线足球赌博是尼日利亚相对较新的体育博彩游戏之一，它利用互联网连接。像其他赌博游戏一样，一些心理特征要么推动要么维持这种行为。我们测试了一些神经心理学特征和人格特质，这些特征可以区分普通在线足球赌徒和非赌徒。使用组间设计，我们测试了 140 名（60 名：在线足球赌徒；80 名：非赌徒）年龄在 18-26 岁之间的大学生，测试了他们在特定的神经心理学领域（即注意力、抑制和执行功能）和人格特质。使用的神经心理学任务是系列加法任务（ paced Auditory Serial Addition Task 的修改版本）、stroop 词色测试和 trail making test（TMT）、A 部分和 B 部分。人格特质是使用大五人格量表评估的。研究结果表明，在线足球赌徒和非赌徒之间存在显著差异，反映出赌徒更友善、更有责任心、更神经质和更开放。然而，在注意力任务中，非赌徒在正向加法和反向减法任务中犯的错误明显较少，但在完成反向计数任务时花费的时间明显比赌徒多。另一方面，在线足球赌徒完成 stroop 一致性任务的时间明显减少，在 stroop 不一致性任务中犯的错误明显较少。同样，在线足球赌徒完成 TMT B 的时间明显缩短，在 TMT A 上犯的错误也明显减少。与非赌徒相比，大学本科普通在线足球赌徒表现出更强的雄心勃勃和善于交际的人格特质，并且在执行功能任务上表现更好，尽管他们在注意力分散和持续的任务上更困难。
