(Download) "Facing the Challenge: The Behavior Analysis of Gambling (Report)" by The Behavior Analyst Today " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Facing the Challenge: The Behavior Analysis of Gambling (Report)
- Author : The Behavior Analyst Today
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Psychology,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 96 KB
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For many, gambling is an entertaining, leisure-time activity. For a small percentage of individuals, however, gambling represents a severe behavioral disorder that has very negative, life-changing consequences. Although estimates of the frequency of pathological gambling in the general population may seem small (e.g., 1-3%; see Petry, 2005, for a review), those estimates translate into millions of individuals. Furthermore, there are certain populations who suffer from pathological gambling at rates well above those seen in the general population. For instance, data suggest that American Indians display the symptoms of pathological gambling at well over 10 times the frequency of the majority population (Wardman, el-Guebaly, & Hodgins, 2001). In short, pathological and problem gambling is a serious societal problem that deserves research attention. Despite the seriousness of the disorder, an argument could be made that the research community, and specifically behavior analysis, has done little to identify the underlying causes (or contingencies) that lead to pathological gambling. A cursory review of the literature supports that argument. A search of the PsycINFO database using the term "gambling" in an all-text search (conducted on September 8, 2007) yielded a total of 3,354 references. An identical search that cross referenced "gambling" with "experiment" identified 166 sources. A separate search that cross referenced "gambling" and "behavior analysis" yielded only 14 citations. One that cross referenced "gambling" and "reinforcement" yielded a total of 87.
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