Gambling Addiction and sensation seeking: It’s the thrill of the chase, or is it?

Dante · Apr 2, 2005

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=bold-content width="5%">Interesting Read..............

</TD><TD class=bold-content width="95%">Addiction and sensation seeking: It’s the thrill of the chase, or is it?</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=content width=532 colSpan=3>

</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content width="5%"></TD><TD class=bold-content width="20%">Author:</TD><TD class=content width="75%">The Wager</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content></TD><TD class=bold-content>Source:</TD><TD class=content>The Wager</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content colSpan=3>

</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content></TD><TD class=bold-content vAlign=top width=532 colSpan=2>Description:</TD></TR><TR><TD class=content></TD><TD class=content vAlign=top width=532 colSpan=2>Personality characteristics are some of the most noticeable aspects of the people we meet and might play a role in directing individuals’ behavior. Although many other factors also influence a person’s actual behavior, such as the social setting or specific powerful events, personality characteristics seem like they should be reliable predictors of future behavior. If so, then certain characteristics would associate with certain behavior patterns, such as thrillseeking associating with pathological gambling. Zuckerman (1994) recognized and quantified sensation seeking as one important attribute of personality; he described sensation seeking as a “trait defined by the need for varied, novel and complex sensations and experiences and the willingness to take physical and social risks for the sake of such experience” (Zuckerman, 1979, p. 10). Because gambling can involve risk-taking, excitement and a thrill – the very qualities Zuckerman associated with sensation seeking – some observers suggest that pathological gamblers would exhibit higher levels of these characteristics as compared to non-pathological gamblers. Using studies released between 1970 and 2003, Hammelstein (2004) conducted a meta-analysis of the relationship between sensation seeking and pathological gambling. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

JudgeWapner · Apr 2, 2005

Dante,personally I gamble because I feel sorry for the bookies who are trying to feed thier families. I am a true humanitarian.

Dante · Apr 2, 2005

Judge Wapner said:
Dante,personally I gamble because I feel sorry for the bookies who are trying to feed thier families. I am a true humanitarian.

thats what I always thought you did it for Judge

REDEYE · Apr 2, 2005

This is a job for me and have to treat it that way

DarrylParsons · Apr 2, 2005

“trait defined by the need for varied, novel and complex sensations and experiences and the willingness to take physical and social risks for the sake of such experience”

I can agree with that.

Basically life is too easy and so we need something to simulate a life-and-death struggle that does have real consequences.