Relative deprivation and its relationship to problem gambling

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dc.contributor.authorSchoen, Anthony J.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWilliams, Jennifer
dc.contributor.supervisorAllen, Scott W.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-19T22:42:37Z
dc.date.available2023-01-19T22:42:37Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractPersonal relative deprivation (PRD) is the feeling of resentment one gets from perceived inequality or unfairness. This feeling is argued to be a precursor to risk-taking as well as a causal factor in the development of intensive gambling and problem gambling (PG). However, the evidence supporting the relationship between PG and PRD has been cross-sectional or laboratory based. The present research reinvestigated this relationship using a representative online sample of Canadian gamblers (n = 4,400, which included several hundred problem gamblers) followed over a one-year period (Baseline and Follow-Up). A series of multiple regressions endeavoured to determine PRD’s causal relationship to PG, even though PRD was only administered at Follow-Up. The first multiple regression confirmed PRD to be one of the strongest cross-sectional predictors of problem gambling. However, the second cross-sectional multiple regression found no significant relationship between PRD and measures of gambling intensity (i.e., # formats engaged in; gambling frequency), which is theoretically problematic considering that intensive gambling involvement is the immediate antecedent to PG. The final multiple regression found that PG at Baseline was one of the strongest predictors of PRD at Follow-Up. Taken together, the present results suggest that the robust cross-sectional association between PG and PRD is in large part due to PG leading to PRD, rather than PRD leading to PG.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6412
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0602en_US
dc.proquest.subject0623en_US
dc.proquest.subject0621en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectProblem gamblingen_US
dc.subjectPRDen_US
dc.subjectPersonal relative deprivationen_US
dc.subjectRisk takingen_US
dc.subject.lcshPsychology
dc.subject.lcshGambling
dc.subject.lcshDeprivation (Psychology)
dc.subject.lcshCompulsive gambling
dc.subject.lcshRisk-taking (Psychology)
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.titleRelative deprivation and its relationship to problem gamblingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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