caa a22 4500 445837489 CHVBK 20180317145334.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10899-010-9204-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10899-010-9204-2 Reports of Wins and Risk Taking: An Investigation of the Mediating Effect of the Illusion of Control [Elektronische Daten] [Frédéric Martinez, Valérie Le Floch, Bernard Gaffié, Gaëlle Villejoubert] Two experiments examined the relationships between the knowledge that another person has won in a gamble, the illusion of control and risk taking. Participants played a computer-simulated French roulette game individually. Before playing, some participants learnt that another person won a large amount of money. Results from a first experiment (n=24) validated a causal model where the knowledge of another person's win increased the illusion of control, measured with betting times, expectancy and self-reports on scales, which in turn encourages risk taking. In the second experiment (n=36), some participants were told the previous player acknowledged the win to be fortuitous. The suppression of the belief that the previous winner had himself exerted control over the outcome resulted in lower rates of risk-taking behaviors. This suggests that it was not the knowledge of another person's win in itself that increased risk taking, but rather, the belief that the other person had some control over the gamble's outcome. Theoretical implications for the study of social mechanisms involved in gambling behavior are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Gambling nationallicence Illusion of control nationallicence Risk taking nationallicence Social reference nationallicence Martinez Frédéric GREPS EA 4163, Equipe PSECO, Institut de Psychologie, University of Lyon, 5, Avenue Pierre Mendès-France, 69676, Bron Cedex, France aut Le Floch Valérie University of Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex, France aut Gaffié Bernard University of Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex, France aut Villejoubert Gaëlle Kingston University, London, UK aut Journal of Gambling Studies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/2(2011-06-01), 271-285 1573-3602 27:2<271 2011 27 10899 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-010-9204-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-010-9204-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martinez Frédéric GREPS EA 4163, Equipe PSECO, Institut de Psychologie, University of Lyon, 5, Avenue Pierre Mendès-France, 69676, Bron Cedex, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Le Floch Valérie University of Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gaffié Bernard University of Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Villejoubert Gaëlle Kingston University, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Gambling Studies Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/2(2011-06-01), 271-285 1573-3602 27:2<271 2011 27 10899 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer