Investigating the relationship between implicit memory associations and gambling

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dc.contributor.authorRussell, Gillian
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorWilliams, Robert J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-06T18:35:39Z
dc.date.available2017-11-06T18:35:39Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this thesis was to a) develop measures to capture and quantify implicit memory associations in gambling, and b) identify the presence and magnitude of these implicit associations as it relates to a person’s level of gambling involvement and problem gambling. Study 1 involved the development and evaluation of two measures assessing different aspects of implicit memory in a sample of 494 University of Lethbridge undergraduate students. The first measure was a ‘word associates’ task involving people’s immediate word associations for specific words, and the second measure was a ‘behaviour associates’ task in which people indicate the automatic behaviours or actions that come to mind with a certain word or phrase. In both situations many of the words and phrases presented had potential gambling connotations. An analysis of the performance of individual items in Study 1 helped guide the creation of two shorter measures for Study 2. In Study 2 these shortened measures were administered to a more nationally representative online panel sample of 3,078 Canadians (oversampled for gambling involvement) and the results re-analyzed. The findings of these two studies confirm that the presence and frequency of implicit gambling-related associations increases to a significant degree as a person’s level of gambling involvement and problem gambling increases. Future research is needed to better understand a) whether these implicit associations precede gambling involvement or whether they are a result of gambling involvement; b) their utility in helping identify problem gamblers in denial; and c) their utility in both preventing problem gambling and predicting relapse.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4976
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0633en_US
dc.proquest.subject0384en_US
dc.proquest.subject0347en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : Universtiy of Lethbridge, Department 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.subjectgamblingen_US
dc.subjectimplicit assessment methodsen_US
dc.subjectimplicit memory associationsen_US
dc.subjectoutcome-behaviour associationsen_US
dc.subjectproblem gamblingen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the relationship between implicit memory associations and gamblingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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