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| Pàgina inicial > Articles > Articles publicats > Contribution of stressful life events to gambling activity in older age |
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Université Laval. Centre d'Excellence pour la Prévention et le Traitement du Jeu) (Université de Nantes) (Université de Nantes) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge) (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
| Publicació: | Cambridge University Press, 2022 |
| Descripció: | 25 pàg. |
| Resum: | Older subjects are susceptible to develop gambling problems, and researchers have attempted to assess the mechanisms underlying the gambling profile in later life. The objective of this study was to identify the main stressful life events (SLE) across the lifespan which have discriminative capacity for detecting the presence of gambling disorder (GD) in older adults. Data from two independent samples of individuals aged 50+ were analysed: N = 47 patients seeking treatment at a Pathological Gambling Outpatient Unit and N = 361 participants recruited from the general population. Sexual problems (p < 0. 001), exposure to domestic violent behaviour (p < 0. 001), severe financial problems (p = 0. 002), alcohol or drug-related problems (p = 0. 004) and extramarital sex (p < 0. 001) were related to a higher risk of GD, while getting married (p = 0. 005), moving to a new home (p = 0. 003) and moving to a new city (p = 0. 006) decreased the likelihood of disordered gambling. The accumulated number of SLE was not a predictor of the presence of GD (p = 0. 732), but patients who met clinical criteria for GD reported higher concurrence of SLE in time than control individuals (p < 0. 001). Empirical research highlights the need to include older age groups in evidence-based policies for gambling prevention, because these individuals are at high risk of onset and/or progression of behavioural addiction-related problems such as GD. The results of this study may be useful for developing reliable screening/diagnostic tools and for planning effective early intervention programmes aimed to reduce the harm related to the onset and evolution of problem gambling in older adults. |
| Ajuts: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PSI2015-68701-R Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PI14/00290 Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI17/01167 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2018FI_B200174 Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte FPU16/02087 Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte FPU16/01453 Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte FPU15/02911 |
| Nota: | Altres ajuts: Funded by the Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre drogas (grant numbers 2017I067, 2019I47) and co-funded by FEDER funds/European Regional Development Fund (ERDF, A Way to Build Europe) (CIBERObn and CIBERSAM are both initiatives of ISCIII). Co-funded by the European Social Fund ('ESF', Investing in Your Future), with the support of the Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Business and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia; and the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (TMM, CVA and MLM). |
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| Llengua: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar |
| Matèria: | Gambling disorder ; Older adults ; Stressful life events |
| Publicat a: | Ageing and Society, Vol. 42 Núm. 7 (2022) , p. 1513-1537, ISSN 1469-1779 |
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