Readiness to Seek Treatment Factors [report]

The report "Personal Luck, Outcome Expectancies, and Subjective Appraisals as Predictors of Health and Readiness to Seek Treatment among Young Adults" (2007?) by Wohl et al. for the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (OPGRC) reports on the results of two studies.

"The first study comprised a broad survey (N = 407) to assess relations among expectancies, appraisals, coping strategies, and self-reported gambling and treatment-seeking behaviours. A 6-month follow-up was conducted to identify factors that predict alterations in gambling propensities. In the second study, using a virtual reality simulation, participants (N = 160) were exposed to a highly realistic gambling setting, enabling us to examine the effects of gambling anticipation on neuroendocrine responses among individuals with varying degrees of gambling interest (pathological, at-risk, and recreational gambler)."