Exploring the pathways model in a sample of patients with gambling disorder
Mestre-Bach, Gemma (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja)
Granero, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Fernández Aranda, Fernando (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Potenza, Marc N. (Yale University. Department of Psychiatry)
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)

Date:	2022
Description:	15 pàg.
Abstract:	From clinical and research perspectives, the Pathways Model has been supported in adolescent and adult populations as a theoretical explanatory framework for considering gambling disorder (GD). However, it has been less well explored in clinical samples. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the Pathways Model, specifically pathways 2 (emotionally vulnerable) and 3 (antisocial impulsivist), in 241 consecutive treatment-seeking adults with GD. Structural equation modeling was used. Path analyses that considered continuous variables provided, in general, support for the Pathways Model in this clinical population, albeit with some caveats. The results suggest the presence of different profiles of gamblers, with some having emotions and others impulsivity-related factors more prominently involved. Additional associations, not raised by the model, were also found. For example, a greater role for anxiety as compared with depression was observed in pathway 2, and important mediating roles for cognitive distortions and habituation were observed across pathways. Using an approach that considered variables dimensionally may help aid in understanding clinically relevant relationships. The current findings suggest complexities regarding relationships between factors involved in GD clinical samples. These findings have implications for characterizing subtypes of GD and development of optimal prevention and treatment approaches.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación RTI2018-101837-B-I00 Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI17/01167
Note:	Altres ajuts: Dr. Mestre-Bach was supported by a postdoctoral grant from FUNCIVA. We thank CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya for institutional support. The research was also funded by the Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas (2017I067 and 2019I47) and co-funded by FEDER funds/European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), a way to build Europe. CIBERObn is an initiative of ISCIII.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Gambling ; Impulsivity ; Addictive behavior ; Depression ; Substance abuse
Published in:	International Gambling Studies, Vol. 22 Núm. 2 (2022) , p. 247-262, ISSN 1479-4276

DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2022.2029527

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