Leslie R Diandra, Shaw Carrie A, McGrath Daniel S
Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
J Gambl Stud. 2025 Mar;41(1):51-66. doi: 10.1007/s10899-024-10314-6. Epub 2024 May 14.
Although research examining the relationship between participation in financial speculation (e.g., purchasing penny stocks, shorting stocks, cryptocurrency trading, and day trading) is sparse, findings consistently indicate that engaging in speculative activities is associated with problematic gambling behaviour. For the present study, gamblers across Canada who had or had not also engaged in day trading were surveyed. A total of n = 467 day traders and n = 9,558 non-day traders were compared in terms of their sociodemographic backgrounds, gambling habits, primary gambling motives, and endorsement of gambling fallacies. Male gender, racial/ethnic minority status, higher educational attainment and income, not working or studying full- or part-time, participation in a larger number of gambling activities, and lower endorsement of coping motives were associated with day trading involvement. Furthermore, lower income, participation in a larger number of gambling activities, greater endorsement of gambling fallacies, and not showing a preference for either skill- or chance-based games predicted moderate-risk-to-problem gambling behaviour among day traders. This research provides insight into factors that may underlie day traders' susceptibility to experiencing gambling problems.
尽管研究金融投机活动（如购买低价股、卖空股票、加密货币交易和日内交易）之间关系的研究较少，但研究结果一致表明，从事投机活动与问题赌博行为有关。在本研究中，对加拿大有或没有进行日内交易的赌徒进行了调查。总共比较了n = 467名日内交易者和n = 9558名非日内交易者的社会人口背景、赌博习惯、主要赌博动机以及对赌博谬误的认同情况。男性、少数种族/族裔身份、较高的教育程度和收入、未全职或兼职工作或学习、参与更多的赌博活动以及较低的应对动机认同与日内交易参与有关。此外，较低的收入、参与更多的赌博活动、对赌博谬误的更高认同以及对基于技能或基于机会的游戏没有偏好，预示着日内交易者中存在中度风险到问题赌博行为。这项研究深入探讨了可能是日内交易者易出现赌博问题的潜在因素。
