The relationships between schizotypy, disordered gambling and gambling-related beliefs

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Author(s): Brooks, Gabriel A. ; Clark, Luke

Journal: Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Year Published: 2022

Date Added: August 02, 2022

Schizotypy represents a collection of personality characteristics including delusion proneness and distorted thoughts. Some people who gamble develop disordered thoughts around gambling, including false beliefs about gambling and magical thinking. The authors of this study wanted to know if having schizotypal traits is related to erroneous gambling-related beliefs and disordered gambling. The authors used data from three samples, representing people with a range of gambling experiences. They found that people who endorsed more schizotypal traits had more erroneous gambling beliefs and symptoms of disordered gambling. Schizotypy seemed to be associated with the general belief in luck and bad luck, but not belief in good luck.

Citation: Brooks, G. A., & Clark, L. (2022). Gambling along the schizotypal spectrum: The associations between schizotypal personality, gambling-related cognitions, luck, and problem gambling. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2022.00021

Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2022.00021

Keywords: belief in luck ; cognitive distortions ; erroneous beliefs ; gambling ; gambling beliefs ; gambling-related cognitions ; problem gambling ; schizotypal personality disorder

Topics: Gambling Cognitions

Conceptual Framework Factors: Psychological - Comorbid Disorders ; Psychological Factors ; Cultural - Religion and Other Belief Systems

Study Design: Observational: Cross-sectional

Geographic Coverage: Canada ; United States of America

Study Population: University students over the age of 19 years with minimal gambling experience (n = 104); North American adults aged 21 or older with regular gambling experience of “once every few months” or more often (n = 277); and North American adults aged 21 or older with a wide range of gambling experience (n = 144)

Sampling Procedure: Voluntary response sampling – student sample was recruited from a university to complete the survey for course credit; North American adult samples were recruited through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk)

Study Funding:

This study was supported with funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Centre for Gambling Research at the University of British Columbia.