Gambling on Smartphones: A Study of a Potentially Addictive Behaviour in a Naturalistic Setting

James, Richard J. E.; O’Malley, Claire; Tunney, Richard J.

doi:10.1159/000495663

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“…Gaming is a fairly frequent activity among students [ 41 ], especially among men, but women have joined this activity mainly because the smartphone is the logic platform for casual games (designed for accessibility, simplicity and the speed with which rules can be grasped), such as ‘Candy Crush’ or ‘Pou’ and unlike games such as ‘League of Legends’ and ‘World of Warcraft’, whose most suitable game platform is the personal computer. However, contrary to expectations [ 42 , 43 ], gambling has not been recognised by users or by Past Usage as a frequent activity; once again, the high proportion of women in the sample could be the explanatory factor for this phenomenon. Significant gender differences were found between all uses except for online purchases, viewing of TV series, movies or videos, and organisational tasks.…”

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Absence of Objective Differences between Self-Identified Addicted and Healthy Smartphone Users?

Geyer

Carbonell

Beranuy

et al. 2021

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Smartphones are used by billions of people worldwide. However, some psychologists have argued that use of this technology is addictive, even though little research utilises objective smartphone usage records to verify this claim. We conducted an exploratory study to identify whether behavioural differences exist between those who self-identify as addicted smartphone users and those who do not. We gathered retrospective smartphone usage data from 131 Android users and asked them about their past use to compare their perception of their usage against their actual usage. We could not identify any reliable differences between the smartphone activity of those self-identified as addicted smartphone users and other users. Furthermore, smartphone scales are generally good at identifying who believes themselves to be addicted, although they do not reflect objective smartphone use. This study questions the use of self-report measures to diagnosis behavioural addictions without relevant psychopathological constructs and emphasises the need for more rigorous study to conceptualise smartphone addiction.

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Absence of Objective Differences between Self-Identified Addicted and Healthy Smartphone Users?

Geyer

Carbonell

Beranuy

et al. 2021

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“…We should mention that problematic smartphone use has been associated with specific behavioral addictions like gambling. A recent study indicated that gambling apps on smartphone can cause perseverative gambling behavior [28]. However, in our study we did not collect data on the type of activity on smartphones, which is a limitation for inferring results.…”

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Problematic Smartphone Use, Screen Time and Chronotype Correlations in University Students

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Background: Besides numerous advantages and commodities offered by smartphones, there are obvious unhealthy effects. The global trend of an increase in the frequency of usage of smartphones, that is, prolonged screen time, is closely related to problematic smartphone use. The aim of our study was to measure the level of problematic smartphone use in a student population through the assessment of the smartphone screen time and the determination of the student chronotype, as well as through the correlation between these variables. Methods: The participants were students of medicine of both sexes. Problematic smartphone use was measured by the short version of the Smartphone Addiction Scale. Smartphone screen time was assessed by the free Android application Quality Time. Chronotype was established by the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire. Results: Almost one quarter (22.7%) of students involved in our study could be classified as being “smartphone-addicted”. The students with problematic smartphone use more frequently (statistical significance) belonged to the evening chronotype. Those students spent significantly more time on their phones compared to the non-addicted ones. There was no statistically significant difference between the number of male and female students with problematic smartphone use. The best predictors of problematic smartphone use were longer daily smartphone screen time and evening chronotype personality. Conclusions: The results of our study showed that a significant number of students of medicine showed problematic smartphone use. There was a strong correlation between extensive screen time and the level of problematic smartphone use in the studied population.

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“…Some of these similarities are tied to the novel ways in which both gamblers and investors can make their decisions. Gambling on smartphones is considered by some gambling researchers to be particularly harmful, given its accessibility and potential speed of play (James et al, 2017(James et al, , 2019). Meanwhile, a new breed of smartphone investing apps are encouraging investors to check their portfolio frequently, trade aggressively, and even use sophisticated products such as options and leverage (Stewart, E., 2020).…”

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The stock market as a casino: Associations between stock market trading frequency and problem gambling

Mosenhauer¹,

Pws²,

Walasek³

2021

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The stock market should be a unique kind of casino, where the average person wins money over time. However, previous research shows that excessive stock market trading can contribute to financial losses --- just like in any other casino. While gambling research has documented the adverse consequences of problem gambling, there has been comparatively less behavioral finance research on the correlates of excessive stock market trading. This study aimed to document whether excessive stock trading was positively associated with problem gambling, and whether this hypothesized association was robust to controlling for demographics, and objective measures of overconfidence and financial literacy in a convenience sample of 798 US investors. We found that self-reported relative stock portfolio turnover was positively associated with problem gambling, that this association was robust to controls, and occurred equally over investors of all self-reported portfolio sizes. This study showed that problem gamblers may also make suboptimal risky choices more generally, and that a behavioral dependence explanation for suboptimal investment decisions should be subject to further investigation in the behavioral finance literature.

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Gambling on Smartphones: A Study of a Potentially Addictive Behaviour in a Naturalistic Setting

Cited by 15 publications

References 37 publications

Absence of Objective Differences between Self-Identified Addicted and Healthy Smartphone Users?

Absence of Objective Differences between Self-Identified Addicted and Healthy Smartphone Users?

Problematic Smartphone Use, Screen Time and Chronotype Correlations in University Students

The stock market as a casino: Associations between stock market trading frequency and problem gambling

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