Balhara Yatan Pal Singh, Gulati Daman Deep Kaur, Rajguru Akanksha Jayant
National Drug Dependence Treatment Center and Dept. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
The Bhopal School of Social Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2024 Jan;46(1):60-65. doi: 10.1177/02537176231207994. Epub 2023 Dec 6.
The current study was carried out owing to the projected increase in the fantasy sports market in India, the popularity of fantasy sports in the age group of 18-25 years, the gambling-related implications of engaging in fantasy sports, and the dearth of published data on the extent and pattern of engagement in fantasy sports among college students in India. We aimed to assess the attributes of engagement in fantasy sports among college students and explore their perceptions and attitudes toward fantasy sports.
This was a cross-sectional observational study among students enrolled in undergraduate courses in an autonomous college in central India. The study questionnaire included a semi-structured proforma that asked for information on the sociodemographic details, questions to assess the gaming (both online and offline) pattern and participation in fantasy sports by the study participants, and a modified Motives for Online Gaming Questionnaire (MOGQ). The participants were also asked to express, on a 10-point scale, their agreement that fantasy sports are similar to gambling.
Around one-fifth of the participants had engaged in a fantasy sport at least once. Around 18% had gambled at least once. The participants who reported losing money from fantasy sports also engaged in a significantly greater number of fantasy sports ( = .002). Those who engaged in fantasy sports with the main goal of making money agreed more with the statement that fantasy sports are similar to online gambling compared to those who did not ( = .01).
Those who engaged in fantasy sports to make money agreed more with the statement that fantasy sports are similar to gambling. The study helps understand the associations between various psychosocial motives, monetary motivations, and involvement in fantasy sports.
开展本研究的原因在于，预计印度梦幻体育市场将增长，梦幻体育在18 - 25岁年龄组中颇受欢迎，参与梦幻体育存在与赌博相关的影响，且印度大学生参与梦幻体育的程度和模式方面的已发表数据匮乏。我们旨在评估大学生参与梦幻体育的特征，并探究他们对梦幻体育的认知和态度。
这是一项对印度中部一所自治学院本科课程注册学生进行的横断面观察性研究。研究问卷包括一份半结构化格式，询问社会人口学细节信息、评估研究参与者在线和离线游戏模式及参与梦幻体育情况的问题，以及一份修改后的在线游戏动机问卷（MOGQ）。还要求参与者在10分制量表上表达他们对梦幻体育类似于赌博这一观点的认同程度。
约五分之一的参与者至少参与过一次梦幻体育。约18%的人至少赌博过一次。报告在梦幻体育中输钱的参与者参与的梦幻体育项目数量也显著更多（ = .002）。与那些没有以赚钱为主要目标参与梦幻体育的人相比，以赚钱为主要目标参与梦幻体育的人更认同梦幻体育类似于在线赌博这一说法（ = .01）。
以赚钱为目的参与梦幻体育的人更认同梦幻体育类似于赌博这一说法。该研究有助于理解各种社会心理动机、金钱动机与参与梦幻体育之间的关联。
