I am not sure reading book will help you to stop such habit. It starts from you and your mentality. That is what you should be focusing on.
My take on it is that trading psychology books are really interesting and they show us how important psychology is. And they even show us what we need to be doing. But to be able to change and actually do the things that are written in the book is hard. I think a lot of the behaviors that we have as traders that we want to get rid of that don’t serve us, like chasing trades or not taking our stop, are rooted in childhood trauma. And this trauma lives in the subconscious. So a lot of these behaviors aren’t even in our conscious mind. That’s why I am always talking about becoming more and more aware as a trader. Aware of your thoughts, your feelings, and what’s happening in your body. The subconscious memories and the traumas are stored in the body. And the more bodywork you can do like yoga and meditation and deep breathing the more you can start to relieve some of that trauma and be free from it . . . so you can trade with ease. This stuff is pretty complex and the reason why trading can be so difficult when really it is pretty simple.
I am also of the same opinion. Reading books might help you a little, but at the end it all depends on how you imbibe the book on yourself.
I would totally agree with you. It makes you aware and prepares your mindset for things that you might face in future. They are really helpful.
I would guess there's many studies. I don't really get involved myself with studies. But if that's important to you I would just Google trauma and basic psychology and how it affects Trading. I just know from my own experience and my work with Traders the positive effects of working through childhood trauma.
Took your advice. Googled and found one article on it. The article actually said childhood trauma had an effect opposite to your claim: Made people less willing to take risks, not more willing to chase trades.