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Fecha: | 2018 |
Resumen: | Gambling disorder (GD) is a psychiatric condition that was recently recategorized as a non-substance-related addiction in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders. Criminal activity is commonly associated with gambling; however, few empirical studies to date have examined sociodemographic and psychological variables in this population. In this study, we explored criminal behavior history in a sample of consecutively recruited treatment-seeking gamblers (n = 382) and compared subjects with a history of illegal acts (n = 103, 26. 9%) to those with no criminal record (n = 279, 73. 1%). Impulsivity and personality traits were specifically explored, along with other gambling-related severity factors. We found that gamblers who engaged in illegal activity were more likely to endorse high levels of urgency (i. e. , the tendency to act out when experiencing heightened emotional states) and increased lack of premeditation. Gamblers with a history of criminal behavior also had greater GD severity levels and gambling-related debts. Additionally, these gamblers reported lower levels of self-directedness, which is characterized by difficulty in establishing and redirecting behavior toward one's goals. Likewise, gamblers who had conducted criminal acts showed a tendency to engage in greater risk-taking behavior. These results shed new light on this understudied population and provide insights for developing targeted harm-prevention interventions and treatment protocols. |
Ayudas: | Instituto de Salud Carlos III FIS PI14-00290 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PSI2015-68701-R Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017FI_B1 00145 Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte FPU16-01453 |
Derechos: | Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. |
Lengua: | Anglès |
Documento: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Materia: | Gambling disorder ; Impulsivity ; Criminal behavior ; Psychopathology ; Risk factors |
Publicado en: | Frontiers in psychiatry, Vol. 9 (january 2018) , ISSN 1664-0640 |
10 p, 183.7 KB |