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Another question asked "Do you think others give
you an accurate picture of their overall
win/loss situation?" The majority (71.3%)
answered 'rarely' or 'no.' Again, this
skepticism of others contrasts with their
responses to the mirror question, "Do your
friends and/or relatives have an accurate
picture of your overall win/loss situation?",
where only 35.6% answered 'rarely or 'no', c2
(1, N = 111) = 31.37, p < .001.
Social-interpersonal reasons for over-reporting
wins
The question was asked, "If you were to tell
people about your wins but not your losses, why
would you do this? How important are each of the
following reasons?" The reasons were "Other
people are more interested in hearing about wins
than hearing about losses"; "People like to hear
only good news"; "So I will appear a more
skilled gambler"; "So people will not lose
respect for me"; and "So people will like me
better." The majority of gamblers reported that
none of these reasons were moderately or very
important to them
Despite its limitations, this study is an
important first step in determining whether
college athletes have a significant problem with
gambling. No previous studies have addressed the
issues of athletes and pathological gambling.
Only one significant association in the
prevalence rates of pathological and problem
gambling was found between non-athletes and
athletes; however, the NCAA benefits from
knowing that 80% of their athletes gamble and
that 22.1% of them gamble on sports. This
information may be used to establish programs
and treatment modalities that assist athletes in
need before their problems become addictive, and
they establish ruinous behavior, which could
jeopardize their academic or athletic success as
well as the integrity of intercollegiate
athletics.
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