Pathological gamblers are more vulnerable to the illusion of control in a standard associative learning task

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dc.contributor.authorOrgaz Jiménez, Sonia Cristina
dc.contributor.authorEstévez Gutiérrez, Ana
dc.contributor.authorMatute, Helena
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-31T07:53:41Z
dc.date.available2026-08-31T07:53:41Z
dc.date.issued2013-06
dc.date.updated2026-08-31T07:53:41Z
dc.description.abstractAn illusion of control is said to occur when a person believes that he or she controls an outcome that is uncontrollable. Pathological gambling has often been related to an illusion of control, but the assessment of the illusion has generally used introspective methods in domain-specific (i.e., gambling) situations. The illusion of control of pathological gamblers, however, could be a more general problem, affecting other aspects of their daily life. Thus, we tested them using a standard associative learning task which is known to produce illusions of control in most people under certain conditions. The results showed that the illusion was significantly stronger in pathological gamblers than in a control undiagnosed sample. This suggests (1) that the experimental tasks used in basic associative learning research could be used to detect illusions of control in gamblers in a more indirect way, as compared to introspective and domain-specific questionnaires; and (2), that in addition to gambling-specific problems, pathological gamblers may have a higher-than-normal illusion of control in their daily life.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSupport for this research was provided by Grant 2011-26965 from Dirección General de Investigación of the Spanish Government, and Grant IT363-10 from Departamento de Educación, Universidades e Investigación of the Basque Governmenten
dc.identifier.citationOrgaz, C., Estévez, A., & Matute, H. (2013). Pathological gamblers are more vulnerable to the illusion of control in a standard associative learning task. Frontiers in Psychology, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/FPSYG.2013.00306
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/FPSYG.2013.00306
dc.identifier.eissn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/6526
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subject.otherGambling
dc.subject.otherIllusion of control
dc.subject.otherAssociative learning
dc.subject.otherContingency learning
dc.subject.otherContingency judgments
dc.subject.otherCausal learning
dc.titlePathological gamblers are more vulnerable to the illusion of control in a standard associative learning tasken
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Psychology
oaire.citation.volume4
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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