Primary and Secondary Illusory Control and Risk-Taking in Gambling (Roulette)
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 58 (1) , 299-302
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1986.58.1.299
Abstract
This research evaluated the perception of personal control and the number of wins and losses in gambling. Subjects were invited to play roulette. Monetary risk-behavior was recorded. Results showed that most subjects reported some degree of primary or secondary illusory control during the game. Frequent wins induced more personal control than infrequent wins. The implications of these results are discussed in the context of the psychology of gambling behavior.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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