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The Claim

Ladouceur et al. (2004) used interactive classroom activities to correct erroneous gambling cognitions, including the gambler's fallacy and the illusion of control, among secondary school students.

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The Short Version

The study is correctly identified, but its teaching method is misdescribed. Evidence indicates Ladouceur et al. (2004) targeted gambling misconceptions among secondary school students, including beliefs related to randomness and control, but the intervention was described as a video-based program with discussion rather than interactive classroom activities. The claim therefore combines accurate study aims with an important methodological misattribution.

Caveats

  • The main error is methodological: the 2004 intervention is described in peer-reviewed sources as video-based, not as interactive classroom activities.
  • The claim appears to conflate Ladouceur et al. (2004) with later or different school-based gambling prevention programs that did use interactive exercises.
  • Support for the 'interactive activities' wording relies on weak or non-verifiable sources, while stronger academic descriptions contradict it.

The Receipts

  1. Interventions, practices and systems to support children and young people experiencing gambling harms

    drugsandalcohol.ie

  2. Gambling-Related Distortions and Problem Gambling in Adolescents

    PubMed Central

  3. The Prevention of Problem Gambling: An Effective, School-Based Program / A review of educational-based gambling prevention programs for adolescents

    Medscape / PubMed Central

  4. Langer's illusion of control and the cognitive model of disordered gambling

    PMC

  5. A review of educational-based gambling prevention programs for adolescents

    PubMed Central

  6. Gambling: Understanding Pathological Behavior (Ladouceur 2004 - Gambling: the Hidden Addiction)

    Scribd

  7. The Efficacy of a Gambling Prevention Program Among High-School Adolescents

    SpringerLink

  8. Cognitive Distortions in Gambling (doctoral thesis)

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM repository)

  9. The influences of Langer's illusion of control on gambling research and treatment

    GREO

  10. An Annotated Bibliography of Youth Gambling and Problem Gambling

    Greo

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Filed Under

Ladouceur Et Al.

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