Risk-taking/gambling-like behavior in preschool children
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Gambling Studies
- Vol. 8 (3) , 287-297
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01014654
Abstract
The types and characteristics of risk-taking or gambling-like behaviors in children are not well understood. Social learning, as one potential etiological factor of risktaking behavior in preschool children, was empirically examined. Prior to playing a risk-taking game, children in the experimental group were exposed to a peer model who had ostensibly won a large prize, whereas control children were exposed to a peer model who had won nothing. Children in the experimental group initiated more risks to win the large prize in the high-risk situation than children in the control group. The results indicated that modeling can enhance risk-taking/gambling-like behavior in young children. Parallels to compulsive gambling in adults, and recommendations for future research were also discussed.Keywords
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