Compulsive gamblers place risky bets because they are 'superstitious'

By Daily Mail Reporter
Updated: 15:41 BST, 30 June 2011

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Compulsive gamblers place risky bets because they を煩う欠陥d 推論する／理由ing and superstition, によれば scientists.

The more impulsive the gam bler, then the more likely he is to carry a lucky charm and explain away 最近の losses on bad luck.

研究員s from Cambridge University and 皇室の College London compared 30 gamblers from the 国家の Problem 賭事ing Clinic 捜し出すing 治療 at a specialist clinic with 30 非，不，無-gamblers from the general 全住民.

Superstitious: The most impulsive gamblers are more likely to carry a lucky charm and explain away recent losses on bad luck, according to a study

Superstitious: The most impulsive gamblers are more likely to carry a lucky charm and explain away 最近の losses on bad luck, によれば a 熟考する／考慮する

They asked the 関係者s a 一連の財政上の questions designed to 実験（する） impulsive behaviour.

These 伴う／関わるd 貿易（する）-offs between smaller 量s of money 利用できるすぐに, versus larger 量s of money in the 未来 - for instance, would you prefer ￡20 today or ￡35 in two weeks?.

The gamblers were 意味ありげに more likely to choose the 即座の reward にもかかわらず the fac t that it was いっそう少なく money.

Dr Luke Clark, from the University of Cambridge, said: 'The link between impulsivity and 賭事ing beliefs 示唆するs to us that high impulsivity can predispose a 範囲 of more コンビナート／複合体 distortions - such as superstitions - that gamblers often experience.

'Our 研究 help s fuse these two likely underlying 原因（となる）s of problem 賭事ing, shedding light on why some people are 傾向がある to becoming pathological gamblers.'

A questionnaire showed that gamblers were 特に impulsive during high or low moods, which are frequently cues that can 誘発する／引き起こす賭事ing sprees.

'High impulsivity can predispose a 範囲 of more コンビナート／複合体 distortions - such as superstitions - that gamblers often experience'

面s of the '中毒の personality' have been identified 以前 in 熟考する／考慮するs of problem 賭事ing.

The new finding in the British gamblers was that those with higher levels of impulsivity were also more susceptible to さまざまな errors in 推論する／理由ing that occur during 賭事ing, 含むing an 増加する in superstitious rituals and 非難するing losses on such things as bad luck.

Like 治療-捜し出すing gamblers どこかよそで in the world, the group from the 国家の Problem 賭事ing Clinic were predominantly male, and experienced a 穏健な率 of other mental health problems 含むing 不景気 and alcohol 乱用.

Dr Clark 追加するd: 'There are 約束ing 開発s in 治療s for problem 賭事ing such as psychological therapies and 麻薬医薬s. We hope that our 研究 will 供給する付加 insight into the problem and 知らせる未来治療s.'

While 賭事ing is a popular form of entertainment for many people, pathological 賭事ing is a recognised psychiatric diagnosis 影響する／感情ing around 1 per cent of the UK 全住民.

Symptoms 含む a loss of 支配（する）／統制する over 賭事ing, （麻薬中毒の）禁断症状s such as irritability, and さまざまな消極的な

The findings are published in the 定期刊行物 Psyc hological 薬／医学.