Replication Data for: "Investigating Flow State and Cardiac Pre-ejection Period During Electronic Gaming Machine Use"

In the gambling field, modern electronic gaming machines (EGMs, including modern slot machines) have drawn concern as a potentially flow inducing activity that may be associated with gambling-related harms. Current research has heavily relied on self-reported flow, and further insights may be afforded by physiological methods.

We present data from three separate experiments in which self reported gambling flow and cardiac pre-ejection period (PEP; a measure of sympathetic nervous system arousal) were examined. Male undergraduate participants gambled on a genuine EGM in a laboratory setting for a period of at least 15 min, and completed the Flow subscale of the game experience questionnaire (GEQ). Aggregated data were analyzed using multilevel regression.