Risk-taking, delay discounting, and time perspective in adolescent gamblers: an experimental study

Previous research has demonstrated that adult pathological gamblers (compared to controls) show risk-proneness, foreshortened time horizon, and preference for immediate rewards. No study has ever examined the interplay of these factors in adolescent gambling. A total of 104 adolescents took part in the research. Two equal-number groups of adolescent non-problem and problem gamblers, defined using the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA), were administered the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), the Consideration of Future Consequences (CFC-14) Scale, and the Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ). Adolescent problem gamblers were found to be more risk-prone, more oriented to the present, and to discount delay rewards more steeply than adolescent non-problem gamblers. Results of logistic regression analysis revealed that BART, MCQ, and CFC scores predicted gambling severity. These novel finding provides the first evidence of an association among problematic gambling, high risk-taking proneness, steep delay discounting, and foreshortened time horizon among adolescents. It may be that excessive gambling induces shortsighted behaviors that, in turn, facilitate gambling involvement

Business Ethics: The Promise of Neuroscience

Recent advances in cognitive neuroscience research portend well for furthering understanding of many of the fundamental questions in the field of business ethics, both normative and empirical. This article provides an overview of neuroscience methodology and brain structures, and explores the areas in which neuroscience research has contributed findings of value to business ethics, as well as suggesting areas for future research. Neuroscience research is especially capable of providing insight into individual reactions to ethical issues, while also raising challenging normative questions about the nature of moral responsibility, autonomy, intent, and free will. This article also provides a brief summary of the papers included in this special issue, attesting to the richness of scholarly inquiry linking neuroscience and business ethics. We conclude that neuroscience offers considerable promise to the field of business ethics, but we caution against overpromise

Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday. A grand pantomime, in two acts, as performed at the Theatre-royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1791 ...

An adaptation of Sheridan's A short account of the situations and incidents exhibited in the pantomime of Robinson Crusoe. For a detailed discussion, cf. G.H. Nettleton, Sheridan's Robinson Crusoe (In the Times literary supplement, June 23-30, 1945)Mode of access: Internet

Perception of Product Risks

This chapter provides several explanations for consumer risk perception. For frequently repeated behavior that is seemingly under their own control, consumers tend to be overly optimistic. This occurs in spite of the general tendency of consumers to be risk averse. Specific dimensions of different products or situations trigger psychometric factors, most notably dread and uncertainty that increase, or reduce risk perception. Cultural theories look for differences in risk perception caused by difference between consumer groups and how this result in interpretation of risk information. Besides these takes on risk perception, it is now commonly accepted that risk perception is at least in part based on emotions, that there is some relation between risk and benefit perception, that media attention influences perceived risks, and that perceived lack of knowledge influence risk seeking behavior. These approaches influence risk perception through potential categorical rejection of risky products, through weighing of risk against benefits and other product properties. Risk perception influences behavior as part of an elaborate evaluation or as trigger of an automatic behavior