Personality, Luck Beliefs, and (Non-?) Problem Lottery Gambling

Edmund R. Thompson; Gerard P Prendergast; Gerard H. Dericks

doi:10.1007/s11482-019-09791-4

Personality, Luck Beliefs, and (Non-?) Problem Lottery Gambling

Edmund R. Thompson^*, Gerard P Prendergast, Gerard H. Dericks

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This study offers both the first systematic investigation of the relationship between the five-factor personality model and general (ostensibly non-problem) lottery gambling, and the first application of Thompson and Prendergast’s (2013) bidimensional model of luck beliefs to gambling behavior. Cross-sectional analyses (N = 844) indicate the bidimensional model of luck beliefs significantly accounts for variance in lottery gambling that is discrete from and greater than that of the five-factor personality model. Moreover, the broad pattern of relationships we find between presumably harmless state-sponsored lottery gambling and both personality and luck beliefs tend to parallel those found in studies of problem gambling, suggesting implications for quality of life and public policy in relation to lottery gambling.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	703-722
Number of pages	20
Journal	Applied Research in Quality of Life
Volume	16
Issue number	2
Early online date	25 Nov 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-019-09791-4
Publication status	Published - Apr 2021

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Life-span and Life-course Studies

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Belief in luck
Belief in personal luckiness
Five-factor model personality model
Gambling
Lotteries
Public policy

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