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Many adults diagnosed with gambling disorder have demonstrated the near-miss effect: the belief that an outcome that is “close” to a win means a win is coming. Whether children discriminate such outcomes in pregambling games has not yet been investigated. The current study examined the presence of a near miss with 20 children, ages 5 to 10 years, by having them rate the outcomes of a roulette-style...
The present study examined the degree to which gambling behaviors and gambling-relevant cognitive distortions could be predicted by personality factors, gender, and familial history of substance use and gambling problems in a large sample of college students (N = 581). Results indicate that parental gambling problems and, especially for males, a propensity to experience negative emotions predicted...
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