Conceptualising emotional and cognitive dysregulation amongst sports bettors; an exploratory study of ‘tilting’ in a new context

Torrance, Jamie; Roderique‐Davies, Gareth; Greville, W. James; O'Hanrahan, M; Davies, Nyle; Sabolová, K; John, Bev

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0264000

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“…Participants in both samples engaged with short online experiments, and mischievous or inattentive responding could have affected data quality, given the lack of incentivecompatible rewards. Participants were selected based on their engagement with only one skill-based gambling format, and other patterns could occur among for example skilled sports bettors, where "tilt" has also been suggested by researchers as a potential consideration (Torrance et al, 2022). Future research should therefore investigate similar issues among skilled/professional sports bettors.…”

Section: Collabra: Psychologymentioning

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Having a positive attitude or doing good deeds? An experimental investigation of poker players’ responses to the Gambling Fallacies Measure

Newall,

Torrance

2023

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Gambling fallacies are irrational beliefs about how gambling works, which are common among disordered gamblers, and measured by questionnaires such as the Gambling Fallacies Measure (GFM). Less is known about the potentially rational cognitions of some skilled gamblers, such as professional poker players. The present research experimentally manipulated item 5 from the GFM, “A positive attitude or doing good deeds increases your likelihood of winning money when gambling”, by comparing two new versions focusing only on a “positive attitude” or “doing good deeds” to the original version (control). Item 5 is scored so that “disagree” is the non-fallacious correct answer, but it was hypothesized that the words “a positive attitude” might increase rates of poker players selecting “agree” in a non-fallacious manner. Online experiments were conducted on samples of professional poker players (N = 379), and a broad sample of poker players with no inclusion criteria (N = 1,510). Participants’ responses to item 5 were associated with the rest of their GFM scores (GFM-9). Participants in both samples were more likely to disagree with the good deeds version, and less likely to disagree with the positive attitude version, compared to control. In comparison to the other conditions, good deeds responses were most strongly associated with GFM-9 scores among professionals, while positive attitude responses were least strongly associated with GFM-9 scores among the broad sample. The good deeds version of item 5 has advantageous measurement properties among professional poker players. New approaches are needed to better understand the potentially rational cognitions of skilled gamblers.

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Section: Collabra: Psychologymentioning

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Having a positive attitude or doing good deeds? An experimental investigation of poker players’ responses to the Gambling Fallacies Measure

Newall,

Torrance

2023

Preprint

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“…Before proceeding with the main analysis, it is worth considering a phenomenon in darts that can be likened to "tilting" in poker. Tilting refers to moments of emotional upset where a poker player makes irrational decisions influenced by past failures (Torrance et al, 2022). In the context of darts, whether similar emotional factors affect players' performance can also be examined.…”

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analysis of the impact of pressure on performance among professional darts players

Przyborowski

2023

sci. j. sport perform.

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The aim of the study was to examine whether and to what extent increased levels of pressure affect the performance quality of the world’s top darts players. This investigation contributes to the understanding of the psychological factors that influence performance in professional darts and in professional sports overall. Data was collected from over sixty professional tournaments held over a period of two years. The players were divided into 5 groups based on the quality of their performance during the studied period. The point values were divided into 7 groups, where the criterion was the difficulty of finishing the leg at a given score. The level of pressure was primarily determined by the opponent’s score situation in a given moment. Data analysis using statistical methods such as tests of proportions and the Cochran-Armitage test did not indicate any statistically significant impacts of pressure on performance among professional players – neither positive nor negative. The results indicate a high level of mental resilience among professional darts players.

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Deliberately making miskates: Behavioural consistency under win maximization and loss maximization conditions

Zhang,

Huynh,

Dyson

2023

npj Sci. Learn.

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We argue that the feedback traditionally used to indicate negative outcomes causes future detrimental performance because of the default goal of win maximization. In gaming paradigms where participants intentionally performed as well (win maximization) and as poorly (loss maximization) as possible, we showed a double dissociation where actions following wins were more consistent during win maximization, but actions following losses were more consistent during loss maximization. This broader distinction between goal-congruent and goal-incongruent feedback suggests that individuals are able to flexibly redefine their definition of ‘success’, and provide a reconsideration of the way we think about ‘losing’.

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Conceptualising emotional and cognitive dysregulation amongst sports bettors; an exploratory study of ‘tilting’ in a new context

Cited by 5 publications

References 52 publications

Having a positive attitude or doing good deeds? An experimental investigation of poker players’ responses to the Gambling Fallacies Measure

Having a positive attitude or doing good deeds? An experimental investigation of poker players’ responses to the Gambling Fallacies Measure

analysis of the impact of pressure on performance among professional darts players

Deliberately making miskates: Behavioural consistency under win maximization and loss maximization conditions

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