School of Medical, Health and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, University Drive, Branyan, QLD, 4670, Australia.
Appleton Institute, CQUniversity, 44 Greenhill Rd, Wayville, Adelaide, SA, 5034, Australia.
J Gambl Stud. 2022 Mar;38(1):253-263. doi: 10.1007/s10899-021-10028-z. Epub 2021 Apr 29.
A number of studies have explored the relationship between religious beliefs and gambling (including gambling fallacies and gambling harm) but report seemingly contradictory findings. While some studies have found religious belief to be positively associated with gambling fallacies, others have found it to be a protective factor from gambling harms. One explanation for these differing effects is that gambling fallacies and metaphysical religious belief share properties of supernatural and magical thinking. Nevertheless, social support and moral strictures associated with religion might help protect against an unhealthy engagement with gambling. Using a multidimensional measure of religiosity, we hypothesised that only the supernatural facet of religious adherence would present a risk for gambling fallacies. We analysed two archival data sources collected in Canada (Quinte Longitudinal Study: N = 4121, M = 46, SD = 14, Female = 54%; Leisure, Lifestyle and Lifecycle Project: N = 1372, M = 37, SD = 17, Female = 56%). Using the Rohrbaugh-Jessor Religiosity Scale, we confirmed that the supernatural theistic domain of religion was a positive risk factor for gambling fallacies. However, participation in ritual (behavioural) aspects, such as churchgoing, was negatively associated with risk, and no effect was observed for the consequential (moral) domain. We conclude that multidimensional aspects in religious measures may account for conflicting prior findings.
许多研究探讨了宗教信仰与赌博（包括赌博谬论和赌博危害）之间的关系，但报告的结果似乎相互矛盾。虽然一些研究发现宗教信仰与赌博谬论呈正相关，但其他研究发现宗教信仰是赌博危害的保护因素。对于这些不同影响的一种解释是，赌博谬论和形而上学的宗教信仰具有超自然和神奇思维的共同属性。然而，与宗教相关的社会支持和道德约束可能有助于防止人们过度沉迷于赌博。我们使用多维宗教信仰量表，假设宗教信仰的超自然方面仅会对赌博谬论构成风险。我们分析了加拿大两个档案数据来源（昆特纵向研究：N=4121，M=46，SD=14，女性=54%；休闲、生活方式和生命周期项目：N=1372，M=37，SD=17，女性=56%）。使用 Rohrbaugh-Jessor 宗教量表，我们证实宗教的超自然有神论领域是赌博谬论的一个积极风险因素。然而，参加仪式（行为）方面，如去教堂，与风险呈负相关，而道德（后果）方面则没有观察到效果。我们的结论是，宗教措施的多维方面可能解释了先前相互矛盾的发现。
