Pre-commitment in gambling: a review of the empirical evidence
Pre-commitment in gambling: a review of the empirical evidence
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DOI：
10.1080/14459795.2012.658078
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Lalande, Daniel R.
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作者：
Ladouceur, Robert;Blaszczynski, Alex;Lalande, Daniel R.
挪威、加拿大的一个省和澳大利亚已经或正在考虑对电子游戏机实行自愿或强制性预先承诺制度。本文批判性地回顾了评估这种系统作为负责任的赌博策略的有效性的实证文献。文献检索确定了17篇相关的同行评审和非同行评审出版物。自我报告的数据表明，大多数赌徒都积极倾向于预先承诺的概念，但无问题和低风险的赌徒认为该系统是个人不必要的。总体而言，研究报告了与遵守资金限制和支出有关的各种调查结果。很少有赌徒使用期权来设定时间限制。方法上的缺陷，如低参与率，损害数据的完整性，导致卡共享和未能控制并发赌博以外的试验限制了有关的有效性，预先承诺的结论。我们建议应进一步进行有系统的试验，以确定预先承诺制度对赌徒行为的影响。
Norway, a Canadian province and Australia have introduced, or are considering introducing, voluntary or mandatory pre-commitment systems for electronic gaming machines. This paper critically reviews the empirical literature evaluating the effectiveness of such systems as a responsible gambling strategy. A literature search identified 17 relevant peer- and non-peer-reviewed publications. Self-report data suggests the majority of gamblers are positively predisposed to the concept of pre-commitment but non-problem and low-risk gamblers regard the system as personally unnecessary. Overall, studies reported variable findings relating to adherence to money limits and expenditure. Few gamblers appear to use options to set time limits. Methodological flaws such as low participation rates, compromised data integrity resulting from card sharing and failure to control for concurrent gambling outside trials limit conclusions drawn regarding the effectiveness of pre-commitment. It is recommended that further systematic trials should be implemented to determine the impact of pre-commitment systems on gamblers' behaviour.