How do online sports gambling disorder patients compare with land-based patients?
Estévez, Ana (Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment of the University of Deusto)
Rodríguez, Raquel (Universidad de Deusto. Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos)
Díaz-Regañón Serra, Natàlia (Universidad de Deusto. Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos)
Granero, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)
Mestre-Bach, Gemma (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Steward, Trevor (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Fernández-Aranda, Fernando (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències Clíniques)
Aymamí, Neus (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Gomez-Peña, Mónica (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Del Pino-Gutiérrez, Amparo (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament d'Infermeria de Salut Pública, Salut Mental i Maternoinfantil)
Baño, Marta (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Moragas, Laura (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Mallorquí-Bagué, Núria (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
López-González, Hibai (International Gaming Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University)
Jauregui, Paula (Universidad de Deusto. Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos)
Onaindia, Jaione (Universidad de Deusto. Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos)
Martín Romera, Virginia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Ciències Clíniques)

Data:	2017
Resum:	Recent technological developments have brought about notable changes in the way people gamble. The widespread use of mobile Internet devices and gambling websites has led to a significant leap in the number of people who recreationally gamble. However, for some, gambling can turn into a psychiatric disorder resembling substance addiction. At present, there is a shortage of studies examining differences between adults with gambling disorder (GD) who exclusively make sports bets online, GD patients that are non-sports Internet gamblers, and offline gamblers. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine the differences between these three groups, considering sociodemographic, personality, and clinical characteristics. The sample consisted of 2,743 treatment-seeking male patients from the Pathological Gambling Unit at a university hospital. All patients met DSM-5 criteria for GD. We found that gamblers who exclusively engaged in non-sports Internet gambling activities were younger than offline gamblers and online sports gamblers. Non-sports Internet gamblers were also more likely to have greater levels of debt compared with offline gamblers. In terms of personality characteristics, our sample displayed low levels of self-directedness and cooperativeness and high levels of novelty seeking. In addition, online sports gamblers obtained higher scores in persistence than non-sports Internet gamblers and offline gamblers. Although differences if terms of gambling severity were not identified between groups, GD patients who exclusively bet online appear to possess distinct personality characteristics and higher debt levels compared with offline gamblers.
Ajuts:	Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI14/00290 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PSI2015-68701-R Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2016FI_B 00568
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Gambling disorder ; Internet ; Online gambling ; Personality ; Betting
Publicat a:	Journal of behavioral addictions, Vol. 6 (october 2017) , p. 639-647, ISSN 2063-5303

DOI: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.067
PMID: 29076354

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