College Students and Gambling: An Examination of Gender Differences in Motivation for Participation

Autor/inn/en	Burger, Terry D.; Dahlgren, Donna; MacDonald, Christine D.
Titel	College Students and Gambling: An Examination of Gender Differences in Motivation for Participation
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 40 (2006) 3, S.704-714 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Motivation; Incentives; Gender Differences; College Students; Student Attitudes; Competition; Behavior Problems; Attitude Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Anreiz; Geschlechterkonflikt; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Wettkampf
Abstract	The current research is among the first to examine whether gender or the level of competitiveness affects a person's motivation to gamble. One hundred fifty two participants completed a scale to measure whether they were intrinsically or extrinsically motivated to gamble (Gambling Motivation Scale) and a scale to measure their level of competitiveness (Hypercompetitiveness Attitude Scale). As hypothesized, results indicate men scored higher than women on intrinsic motivations for gambling. However, no gender differences were found for extrinsic motivation in gambling. Participants with high-competitive scores (male and female) were more likely to have higher intrinsic and higher extrinsic motivations for gambling. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10