caa a22 4500 445837152 CHVBK 20180317145333.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10899-010-9176-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10899-010-9176-2 Gambling on Electronic Gaming Machines is an Escape from Negative Self Reflection [Elektronische Daten] [Matthew Rockloff, Nancy Greer, Carly Fay, Lionel Evans] An experiment tested whether thinking about oneself, particularly in negative terms, increases gambling intensity on Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs). Forty male and 65 Female participants, aged 18-76 (M=46.2, SD=15.3), were recruited through newspaper advertisements to play a laptop simulated EGM in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. Prior to play, subjects in the test conditions audio tape-recorded 2min of self reflection on either: (1) "things you like about yourself,” or (2) "things you don't like about yourself.” Immediately after the recordings, the subjects played an EGM that was programmed (rigged) with five wins in the first 20 spins, and indefinite losses thereafter. Participants gambled more intensively in terms of Average Bet Size, Number of Trials Played, and Speed of Betting in the negative self reflection condition compared to the control condition. The experiment supports the proposition that EGM gambling behavior is motivated by escape from negative self reflection. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Gambling nationallicence Pathological Gambling nationallicence Poker nationallicence Fruit nationallicence Slot nationallicence Self Esteem nationallicence Rockloff Matthew Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Central Queensland University, 4670, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia aut Greer Nancy Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Central Queensland University, 4670, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia aut Fay Carly Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Central Queensland University, 4670, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia aut Evans Lionel Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Central Queensland University, 4670, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia aut Journal of Gambling Studies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/1(2011-03-01), 63-72 1573-3602 27:1<63 2011 27 10899 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-010-9176-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-010-9176-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rockloff Matthew Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Central Queensland University, 4670, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Greer Nancy Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Central Queensland University, 4670, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fay Carly Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Central Queensland University, 4670, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Evans Lionel Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Central Queensland University, 4670, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Gambling Studies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/1(2011-03-01), 63-72 1573-3602 27:1<63 2011 27 10899 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer