Sex, Locus of Control, and Illusion of Control in Hong Kong as Correlates of Gambling Involvement
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 128 (5) , 667-673
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1988.9922920
Abstract
The present study of gambling behavior tested whether locus of control influences gambling involvement directly (self-confirmation hypothesis) or whether their relationship is mediated by gamblers' illusion of control (mediating hypothesis). Subjects were 158 adults from all strata of Hong Kong society. Results supported the mediating hypothesis for men and the self-confirmation hypothesis for women. This gender difference was interpreted as reflecting the different culturally approved images of men and women.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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