Anticipated regret, risk perception, or both: Which is most likely responsible for our intention to gamble?

Journal of Gambling Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-116

  Li, Shu ^a   Zhou, Kun ^a   Sun, Yue ^b   Rao, Li Lin ^a   Zheng, Rui ^a   Liang, Zhu Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

Author keywords

Anticipated regret; Intention to gamble; Moderator effect; Risk perception; Type of gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749085155     PISSN: 10505350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10899-009-9149-5     Document Type: Article

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