The Psychology Of Chinese Gambling

Author : Chi Chuen Chan,William Wai Lim Li,Amy Sau Lam Chiu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789811334863

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The Psychology of Chinese Gambling by Chi Chuen Chan,William Wai Lim Li,Amy Sau Lam Chiu Pdf

This book critically discusses the psychology of Chinese gambling from a cultural perspective. In particular, it investigates the history of gambling, the prevalence of gambling in China, and the personality of Chinese gamblers and explores how the Chinese culture has contributed to the development of gambling and gambling problems. Further, it examines specific evidence-based treatment for Chinese problem gamblers and provides a therapeutic model that is tailored to their needs and psychology. This book useful for students and academics conducting research on Chinese gamblers and the treatments that work for them.

Author : Desmond Lam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351528573

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Chopsticks and Gambling by Desmond Lam Pdf

The Chinese are known throughout the world as avid gamblers with a long history of participation in games of chance. Historians have documented wagering on such games as far back as the early Chinese dynasties. Despite measures by ancient Chinese rulers to contain gambling, it proliferated, and Chinese games have evolved and multiplied since then. Desmond Lam provides a unique look into the little-known world of Chinese gambling from historical, cultural, psychological, and social perspectives.Chinese gamblers regularly patronize casinos in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The recent expansion of gambling in East Asia has attracted much global media attention. Macau, the only place in China where casino gambling is now legal, easily surpasses Las Vegas as the world's largest casino gaming market. Each year, Chinese from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan account for almost 90 percent of visitors to Macau.The expansion of the Chinese gambling industry has brought about much harm to Chinese communities, despite all of the development it has also stimulated. This book is the first to examine the beliefs, motivations, attitudes, and behaviors of Chinese gamblers, and will be of interest to students of history and sociology, as well as those studying the history and culture of China.

Author : Chi Chuen Chan,William Wai Lim Li,Eugene Chung Ip Leung
Publisher : Springer
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789811010682

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Problem Gambling in Hong Kong and Macao by Chi Chuen Chan,William Wai Lim Li,Eugene Chung Ip Leung Pdf

This book critically examines the psychology of gambling in Hong Kong and Macao. Covering the history of gambling and its development in the two jurisdictions, it highlights the prevalence and status quo of problem gambling, the theoretical perspectives on the etiology of gambling disorder, and the treatment of problem gambling. The book also introduces a personality and pathways development model of Chinese problem gamblers and concludes with outlooks on the future of gambling in Hong Kong and Macao.

Author : Tian Po Oei,Namrata Raylu
Publisher : School of Psychology University of Queensland
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Chinese
ISBN : 0977552004

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Gambling and Problem Gambling Among the Chinese by Tian Po Oei,Namrata Raylu Pdf

Studies contained in this report intend to reduce the gap in literatur regarding the role of culture in gambling and problem gambling, by focusing on gambling in the Chinese. These investigations offer a unique contribution to both the Australian and international research and thus contribute to this growing field of research.

Author : Desmond Lam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351599351

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Casino Management in Integrated Resorts by Desmond Lam Pdf

Casino Management in Integrated Resorts introduces students to the changing nature of casino businesses within the framework of an integrated resort or hospitality organisation. In the new integrated casino model, casinos play an important role not only in revenue generation but in supporting the other amenities in the resort, including bars, restaurants, hotels and theme parks. This book brings readers up to speed with the challenges of managing a casino within this rapidly expanding gaming–leisure–tourism industry. It covers a range of essential topics, such as the basic psychology of casino gaming, the role and history of casinos within an integrated resort, staffing, floor design, table and slot game management, control and security, marketing and social impact. Written in an accessible style, this book is suitable for readers with no prior knowledge of, or experience in, casino operations. It will be an essential introductory yet comprehensive resource for all those undertaking casino management courses.

Author : Rebecca Cassidy,Andrea Pisac,Claire Loussouarn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134445929

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Qualitative Research in Gambling by Rebecca Cassidy,Andrea Pisac,Claire Loussouarn Pdf

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. Gambling is both a multi-billion-dollar international industry and a ubiquitous social and cultural phenomenon. It is also undergoing significant change, with new products and technologies, regulatory models, changing public attitudes and the sheer scale of the gambling enterprise necessitating innovative and mixed methodologies that are flexible, responsive and ‘agile’. This book seeks to demonstrate that researchers should look beyond the existing disciplinary territory and the dominant paradigm of ‘problem gambling’ in order to follow those changes across territorial, political, technical, regulatory and conceptual boundaries. The book draws on cutting-edge qualitative work in disciplines including geography, organisational studies, sociology, East Asian studies and anthropology to explore the production and consumption of risk, risky places, risk technologies, the gambling industry and connections between gambling and other kinds of speculation such as financial derivatives. In doing so it addresses some of the most important issues in contemporary social science, including: the challenges of studying deterritorialised social phenomena; globalising technologies and local markets; regulation as it operates across local, regional and international scales; and the rise of games, virtual worlds and social media.

Author : Lucy J. Troup,Young-A Lee
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832549698

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Individual Differences in Addictive Behaviors by Lucy J. Troup,Young-A Lee Pdf

The study of addiction draws primarily on methods and approaches to understanding, treating and supporting addiction drawn from traditional approaches. The foundations of which focus on responses seen across groups, but often neglecting to account for the role the individual differences plays in understanding and treating addiction. It is clear from the literature that there is often a lack of consensus in both understanding and treating those struggling with addiction. Individual differences therefore, whilst not always conforming to the accepted model for developing theoretical interpretations and practice in the field, are key to successful outcomes in treating addiction.

Author : Elias Aboujaoude,Daria Joanna Kuss,Mike Z. Yao,Louis W. Leung
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889742493

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Online Psychology Beyond Addiction and Gaming: A Global Look at Mental Health and Internet-Related Technologies by Elias Aboujaoude,Daria Joanna Kuss,Mike Z. Yao,Louis W. Leung Pdf

Author : Henrietta Bowden-Jones,Fulvia Prever
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317238584

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Gambling Disorders in Women by Henrietta Bowden-Jones,Fulvia Prever Pdf

This book brings together an international selection of academics with expertise in problem gambling issues in women, with chapters reflecting ongoing work with female gamblers across the world in both group and individual settings. In choosing such a specific patient group, the authors aim to raise the profile of gambling disorders in women and also provide fellow professionals across the world with a shared understanding of evidence based treatment and recovery in problem gambling literature and research. Gambling Disorders in Women: An International Female Perspective on Treatment and Research will provide professionals working in addictions and policy-making with much-needed knowledge about a seriously under-represented area, and about which many professionals feel they would like to know more. The book will also highlight different international approaches to the provision of treatment for women in each country as well as the epidemiology of the illness.

Author : Desmond Lam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Gambling
ISBN : 0987329006

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The World of Chinese Gambling by Desmond Lam Pdf

Author : Mikal Aasved
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : PSYCHOLOGY
ISBN : 9780398083601

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THE PSYCHODYNAMICS AND PSYCHOLOGY OF GAMBLING by Mikal Aasved Pdf

The Psychodynamics and Psychology of Gambling is the first volume in the four-volume The Gambling Theory and Research Series. Author Mikal Aasved felt a need to fill what he perceived to be a lack of background sources or reviews of literature pertaining to gambling theory and research. This series will present major findings of leading researchers as they study the causes and effects of gambling, both recreational and excessive. This first entry in the series reviews the most influential psychodynamic and psychological theories that explain why people gamble. Psychoanalytical theorists discussed include Freud, Von Hattingberg, Fenichel, Bergler, Simmel, Greenson, Stekel, and others. Aasved includes sections on behavioral (learning or reinforcement theory) psychological approaches to gambling with discussion of Skinner's ideas and research findings as well as Pavlov's principles. This book begins with the question 'Why do people gamble?' and offers many theories proposed by clinicians, laboratory and field researchers, and participants as they seek to explain the motivation behind gambling. The differences between gambling as entertainment and gambling compulsion is a focus of much research. Aasved addresses ideas set forth as to why some people are able to control their gambling and others cannot, even when it means sacrificing their jobs, family, and material possessions. This text provides a comprehensive background into theories of addiction research as studied by leaders in the field.

Author : Tim Simpson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452969886

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Betting on Macau by Tim Simpson Pdf

A comprehensive look into how Macau’s recent decades of gambling-related growth produced one of the wealthiest territories on the planet Betting on Macau delves into the radical transformation of what was formerly the last remaining European territory in Asia, returned to the People’s Republic of China in 1999 after nearly half a millennium of Portuguese rule. Examining the unprecedented scale of its development and its key role in China’s economic revolution, Tim Simpson follows Macau’s emergence from historical obscurity to become the most profitable casino gaming locale in the world. Identified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and renowned for its unique blend of Chinese and Portuguese colonial-era architecture, contemporary Macau has metamorphosed into a surreal, hypermodern urban landscape augmented by massive casino megaresorts, including two of the world’s largest buildings. Simpson situates Macau’s origins as a strategic trading port and its ensuing history alongside the emergence of the global capitalist system, charting the massive influx of foreign investment, construction, and tourism in the past two decades that helped generate the territory’s enormous wealth. Presented through a cross section of postcolonial studies and social theory with extensive insight into the global gambling industry, Betting on Macau uncovers the various roots of the territory’s lucrative casino capitalism. In turn, its trenchant analysis provides a distinctive view into China’s broader project of urbanization, its post-Mao economic reforms, and the continued rise of its consumer culture.

Author : Li Si-Ming,Shenjing He,Kam Wing Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315536675

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Changing China: Migration, Communities and Governance in Cities by Li Si-Ming,Shenjing He,Kam Wing Chan Pdf

China’s unprecedented urbanization is underpinned by not only massive rural-urban migration but also a household registration system embedded in a territorial hierarchy that produces lingering urban-rural duality. The mid-1990s onwards witnessed increasing reliance on land revenues by municipal governments, causing repeated redrawing of city boundaries to incorporate surrounding countryside. The identification of real estate as a growth anchor further fueled urban expansion. Sprawling commodity housing estates proliferate on urban-rural fringes, juxtaposed with historical villages undergoing intense densification. The traditional urban core and work-unit compounds also undergo wholesale redevelopment. Alongside large influx of migrants, major reshuffling of population has taken place inside metropolitan areas. Chinese cities today are more differentiated than ever, with new communities superimposing and superseding older ones. The rise of the urban middle class, in particular, has facilitated the formation of homeowners’ associations, and poses major challenges to hitherto state dominated local governance. The present volume tries to more deeply unravel and delineate the intertwining forms and processes outlined above from a variety of angles: circulatory, mobility and precariousness; urbanization, diversity and segregation; and community and local governance. Contributors include scholars of Chinese cities from mainland China, Hong Kong, Canada, Australia and the United States. This volume was previously published as a special issue of Eurasian Geography and Economics.

Author : Erik Bijleveld,Henk Aarts
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781493909599

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The Psychological Science of Money by Erik Bijleveld,Henk Aarts Pdf

Money. The root of all evil? Arguably. Essential to our lives? Certainly. A main driver of human thought, emotion, and action? Absolutely--and psychology and its related fields are getting closer to understanding its complex role in human behavior and in society. The Psychological Science of Money brings together classic and current findings on the myriad ways money affects brain, mind, and behavior to satisfy not only our needs for material gain, but also for autonomy and self-worth. Leading experts trace the links between early concepts of value and modern symbolic meanings of wealth, in addition to identifying the areas of the human brain that together act as its financial center. This cross-disciplinary analysis helps clarify the neuroscience behind pathological gambling, the critical role of time in financial decisions, and the impact of money on diverse personal activities and interpersonal relationships. Included in the coverage: Materiality, symbol, and complexity in the anthropology of money. The (relative and absolute) subjective value of money. Conscious and unconscious influences of money: two sides of the same coin? A life-course approach to dealing with monetary gains and losses Motivation and cognitive control: beyond monetary incentives. An integrative perspective on the science of getting paid. The psychological science of spending. The unique role of money in society makes The Psychological Science of Money a singularly fascinating resource with a wide audience among social psychologists, industrial and organizational psychologists, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, and public policymakers.

Author : Wolf-Dietrich Sahr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317166122

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Cities and Fascination by Wolf-Dietrich Sahr Pdf

Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book discusses the linkages between the economic, social and psychological factors of the urban environment. It focuses on the growth of private urbanity that has led to a 'spectactularization' of the city, the most extreme component of attention being the fascination which is aroused by attractions and state-managed events. The complex characteristics of this fascination are examined under the dimensions of aesthetics, emotions, lived experiences and power structures and governance. The interdisciplinary nature of this collection has wide international appeal and will be of interest to academics of social and cultural geography and cultural and media studies.