Quote from: rodskee on Today at 04:12:06 AM

i found a research which identified four psychological traits contributing to risk for problem gambling. these are the four Es: escape, esteem, excess and excitement.

escape: when people try to find an escape from stress and all their other problems through gambling, more problem arises and addiction happens
esteem: when people try to find their value through materialistic things and wins in gambling, addiction happens
excess: when people gamble excessively, that is when addiction happens
and excitement: people get excitement from gambling and they no longer know how to stop and that's when addiction happens

this is my understanding of the four Es. do you agree or no?

Sorry but I disgree, in all the four Es you mentioned and the explanation of what their true meaning is, I learnt that only one is correct, and that is "Excess", when people gamble excessively, they definitely end up getting addicted, this one is right but the others are simply wrong..

I will run through each of it again for you..
1. Escape - people finding escape from daily stress from work and others through gambling does not make them automatically addicted to gambling, especially when they are gambling responsibly, excessive or irresponsible gambling is what leads to addiction.
2. Esteem - I don't even understand how or what esteem got to do with gambling, but I know that finding value in winning from gambling and as well, material things does not automatically lead to gambling addiction.
3. Excitement - there is no way a person would get excited from gambling and do not know how to stop, it makes absolutely no sense, even if the person is excited for winning, the winning streak doesn't last forever, loses will come and the excitement will fade away, this doesnt lead to addiction either, again, irresponsible and or excessive gambling is the only E here that surely leads to addiction.