To gamble or not to gamble: a domain-specific intention

VernacularTitle:个体参赌意愿跨情境特殊性分析
Author: Yue SUN ; Kun ZHOU ; Yanling BI ; Guihai HUANG ; Shu LI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Intention to gamble; Domain specific; Exploratory factor analysis
From: Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(11):1012-1015
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore whether an individual' s intention to gamble varied across different types of gambling. Methods A total of 373 Macau students completed a questionnaire survey on intention to gamble dealing with thirteen types of gambling,and exploratory factor analyses were conducted. Results The analyses showed two factors that had eigenvalues greater than one and explained a total of 59. 455 percent of the variance,with the largest factor explaining 32.59 percent. Participants' intentions to gamble were relatively lower in gambles of low counterparty with mean scores varying from ( 1.62 ± 1.13 ) to ( 2.20 ± 1.35 ), while the intentions were higher in gambles of high counterparty with mean scores varying from ( 2.34 ± 1. 39 ) to ( 3.02 ± 1.55 ). Conclusion Respondents' degree of intention to gamble was highly domain-specific, varying with the type of gambling.An individual' s intention to gamble is not consistent across all content domains, which implied that a potential gambler is not necessarily intended to gamble in all types of gambling.