Student-Athletes and Gambling: An Analysis of Attitudes Towards Risk-Taking.
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.
Cross
Michael E.
ME
University of Michigan. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-0071; mcross@princeton.edu
Basten
Jay
J
Hendrick
Erin Marie
EM
Kristofic
Brian
B
Schaffer
Evan J.
EJ