This study intended to examine differences in gambling game behavior depending on gender. It tried to investigate the actual status of college students' participation in gambling games and their experience by game type, and to understand problematic l...
This study intended to examine differences in gambling game behavior depending on gender. It tried to investigate the actual status of college students' participation in gambling games and their experience by game type, and to understand problematic levels of gambling game behavior, unreasonable game belief, and motives for doing gambling games. It aimed at investigating differences by gender and interaction in relation to problematic levels of gambling game behavior, unreasonable game belief, and motives for doing gambling games. For this, a survey was conducted with college students at college located in Chungnam province, and data of 349 copies was analyzed.
In order to measure problematic levels of gambling games, CPGI(Canadian Problem Gambling Index) which is a sorting scale developed by Ferris and Wynne(2001) to investigate the prevalence of gambling addiction for general adults in Canada was employed in a form adopted domestically by Kim A-Young, Cha Jung-Eun, Gwon Sun-Jung, and Lee Soon-Mook(2011). So as to measure problematic levels of online gambling games, a scale made based on Kimberly Young(2009)의 DSM-IV to measure compulsive online gambling behavior was adopted to use. In order to measure unreasonable game belief, a scale was employed, which had been developed by Lee Heung-Pyo(2002) based on a gambling belief questionnaire(Steenbergh, Meyers, May, & Whelan, 1998) and Langer(1975)'s illusion of control. In order to measure gambling game motives, a gambling motive scale developed by Lee Heung-Pyo(2003) was used, which includes five factors including excitement, socialization, avoidance, monetary, and amusement motives. For collected data, frequency analysis, cross tabulation analysis, t-test, correlation analysis, and analysis of variance were conducted depending on purposes of analysis employing PASW 18.0 statistical program.
Findings of this study are summarized as follows:
First, problematic levels of gambling games and unreasonable game belief varied depending on gender, and men had more serious problematic levels of gambling games and unreasonable game belief than women as the study found.
Second, it was found that problematic levels of gambling games and gambling game motives have significant positive correlations. It was found that for men, monetary, avoidance, amusement, and excitement motives have correlations with problematic levels of gambling games, and that for women, the avoidance motive has correlations with the problematic levels of gambling games.
Third, interaction between problematic levels of gambling games, unreasonable game belief, and gender distinction was not found, and interaction between problematic levels of gambling games, gambling game motives and gender distinction was not found.
Fourth, significant interaction between problematic levels of online gambling games, unreasonable game belief, and gender distinction was found. Interaction between problematic levels of online gambling games, illogical inference arising from self-assurance which is a subfactor of unreasonable game belief, and gender distinction was found, and interaction between problematic levels of online gambling games, evaluative inference of skill exaggeration which is a subfactor of unreasonable game belief, and gender distinction was found. Interaction between problematic levels of online gambling games, a monetary motive which is a subfactor of gambling game motives, and gender distinction was found, and interaction with other motives was not found.
In summary, the actual status of gambling game behavior and factors affecting gambling game behavior were different depending on gender, and factors interacting with gender in online gambling games were discovered. This indicates that when we address problems of gambling game behavior afterwards, it's necessary to apply proper intervention strategy to consider gender distinction for effective prevention. Finally, based on results of the study, we discussed implications and limitations of this study and suggestions for follow-up studies.