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Student-Athletes and Gambling: An Analysis of Attitudes Towards Risk-Taking

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Gambling scandals at Arizona State University, Boston College, and Northwestern University have made gambling prevention a point of emphasis in the NCAA and throughout colleges and universities across the nation. Despite this emphasis, there is minimal research at any level regarding gambling and student-athletes. This research examines attitudinal differences towards risk-taking among student-athletes who gamble on college sports and those who indicate no such gambling activity. Our findings indicate that student-athletes who gambled were more likely to have attitudes supportive of risk taking behavior than their student-athlete peers who did not gamble.

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  1. University of Michigan, USA.

    Michael E. Cross, Jay Basten, Erin Marie Hendrick, Brian Kristofic & Evan J. Schaffer

  2. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544-0071

    Michael E. Cross

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Cross, M.E., Basten, J., Hendrick, E.M. et al. Student-Athletes and Gambling: An Analysis of Attitudes Towards Risk-Taking. J Gambl Stud 14, 431–439 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023081228054

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