caa a22 4500 445837284 CHVBK 20180317145333.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10899-010-9215-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10899-010-9215-z The Efficacy of a Modified Theory of Reasoned Action to Explain Gambling Behavior in College Students [Elektronische Daten] [Robert Thrasher, Damon Andrew, Daniel Mahony] Recently, Thrasher et al. (College Student Affairs Journal 27(1): 57-75, 2007) explored the efficacy of the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA; Ajzen and Fishbein, Attitudes, personality, and behavior, 1980) in explaining gambling behavior of college students. However, their study found the TRA only predicted small amounts of variance in gambling intentions. Heeding their call to enhance the efficacy of the TRA through the addition of explanatory variables to the model, the present study incorporated gambling motivations and locus of control as moderating variables within the TRA to test the potential of a modified TRA in explaining gambling behavior of college students. A total of 345 students at a major metropolitan research university in the Midwest volunteered to participate in the study. A series of hierarchical linear regressions indicated intrinsic motivation to accomplish (p=.002) significantly moderated the relationship between gambling attitudes and gambling intentions. Further, internal locus of control (p<.001), chance locus of control (p<.001), and powerful others locus of control (p<.001) also significantly moderated the relationship between gambling attitudes and gambling intentions. The significant impact of the moderating variables on the relationship between gambling attitudes and intentions suggests intrinsic motivation and locus of control can alter the impact of the relationship between gambling attitudes and gambling intentions. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Theory of reasoned action nationallicence Gambling motivation nationallicence Locus of control nationallicence Gambling intentions nationallicence Thrasher Robert College of Health and Human Services, Troy University, 153 College View, 36082, Troy, AL, USA aut Andrew Damon College of Health and Human Services, Troy University, 153 College View, 36082, Troy, AL, USA aut Mahony Daniel College of Education, Health, and Human Services, Kent State University, 408 White Hall, Kent, USA aut Journal of Gambling Studies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/3(2011-09-01), 499-516 1573-3602 27:3<499 2011 27 10899 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-010-9215-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-010-9215-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thrasher Robert College of Health and Human Services, Troy University, 153 College View, 36082, Troy, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Andrew Damon College of Health and Human Services, Troy University, 153 College View, 36082, Troy, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mahony Daniel College of Education, Health, and Human Services, Kent State University, 408 White Hall, Kent, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Gambling Studies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/3(2011-09-01), 499-516 1573-3602 27:3<499 2011 27 10899 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer