Empirical evidence supports the association of near-miss effect with gambling. However, erroneous cognitions may either amplify or attenuate this association. The present study examined the ability of predictive control to moderate the association between near-miss and gambling intention of polytechnic students recruited from a federal polytechnic in southern Nigeria (N = 407). Self-report measures of predictive control, gambling near-miss, and gambling intention were administered. The Hayes’ regression-based PROCESS module for moderation analysis was used to analyze the data. Result showed that near-miss was positively associated with gambling intention. Increased predictive control was associated with decreased gambling intention. Predictive control significantly moderated the association between near-miss and gambling intention such that late-miss was associated with decreased gambling intentions for participants with high and moderate predictive control, but associated with increased gambling intention for those with low predictive control. Our findings lend credence to the cognitive models of gambling therapies and treatment.

经验证据支持赌博未遂效应的关联。但是，错误的认知可能会放大或减弱这种关联。本研究研究了预测控制缓解由尼日利亚南部联邦理工学院招募的理工学院学生的未遂行为与赌博意图之间的关联的能力（N = 407）。进行自我报告的预测控制，赌博未遂和赌博意图的自我测量。使用基于Hayes回归的PROCESS模块进行适度分析，以分析数据。结果表明，近乎失误与赌博意向呈正相关。增加的预测控制与减少的赌博意图相关。预测控制显着缓解了未遂事件与赌博意图之间的关联，因此，晚期和失误与具有较高和中等预测控制权的参与者的赌博意图降低相关，但与具有较低预测控制力的参与者的赌博意图增强相关。我们的发现使人们相信赌博疗法和治疗的认知模型。