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Aboriginal Gambling and Problem Gambling: A Review [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
AbstractThe prevention of gambling-related problems amongst Aboriginal communities has been neglected by most public health strategies which concentrate on mainstream populations. Research indicates that rates of problem gambling are higher for Aboriginal groups than the general population.
Breen, Helen, Gainsbury, Sally
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On the relative importance of the hot stove effect and the tendency to rely on small samples [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2009
Experiments have suggested that decisions from extit{experience} differ from decisions from extit{description}. In experience-based decisions, the decision makers often fail to maximise their payoffs.
Takemi Fujikawa
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Are risk preferences dynamic? : Within-subject variation in risk-taking as a function of background music [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper investigates whether preference interactions can explain why risk preferences change over time and across contexts. We conduct an experiment in which subjects accept or reject gambles involving real money gains and losses.
Halko, Marja Liisa, Kaustia, Markku
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Sweden's gamble

open access: yesScience, 2020
The country's pandemic policies came at a high price—and created painful rifts in its scientific community.
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Neurobiological studies of risk assessment: A comparison of expected utility and mean-variance approaches [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
When modeling valuation under uncertainty, economists generally prefer expected utility because it has an axiomatic foundation, meaning that the resulting choices will satisfy a number of rationality requirements.
Bossaerts, Peter, d'Acremont, M.
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Youth Gambling in Croatia - Frequency of Gambling and the Occurrence of Problem Gambling

open access: yesKriminologija & socijalna integracija : časopis za kriminologiju, penologiju i poremećaje u ponašanju, 2016
The main aim of this study was to explore the frequency of gambling and gambling-related problems among Croatian high school students. The specific objectives have been to explore gender differences, and differences in the frequency and severity of gambling problems regarding grade/age and type of school program.
Ricijaš, Neven   +3 more
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The Criminalization of Black Girls in K-12 U.S Schools: A Public Health Issue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This research examines the criminalization of Black girls in K-12 schools in the United States and presents possible solutions to the issue. A series of interviews conducted with Black girls and women who attended elementary, middle, and high school ...
Stith Gambles, Jzov
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Measurement-induced focusing and the magnitude of loss aversion: The difference between comparing gains to losses and losses to gains [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2012
Research has identified loss aversion as a strong and robust phenomenon, but has also revealed some moderators affecting the magnitude of its effect on decision making.
Fieke Harinck   +3 more
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Egalitarian justice and expected value [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
According to all-luck egalitarianism, the differential distributive effects of both brute luck, which defines the outcome of risks which are not deliberately taken, and option luck, which defines the outcome of deliberate gambles, are unjust. Exactly how
A Cappelen   +34 more
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Gambling participation, gambling habits, gambling-related harm, and opinions on gambling advertising in Finland in 2016 [PDF]

open access: yesNordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2018
Background: This report is an overview of results from the 2016 Finnish Gambling Harms Survey covering the population and clinical perspectives. It summarises the main findings on gambling participation, gambling habits, gambling-related harm, and opinions on gambling advertising.
Salonen, Anne H.   +3 more
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