Motivation to change and pathological gambling : analysis of the relationship with clinical and psychopathological variables
Gomez-Peña, Monica (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Penelo Werner, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Granero, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Fernández Aranda, Fernando (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Alvarez-Moya, Eva M. (Instituto Salud Carlos III)
Santamaría, Juan José (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Moragas, Laura (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Aymamí, Neus (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Bueno, Blanca (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Gunnard, Katarina (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)

Date:	2011
Description:	14 pàg.
Abstract:	Objectives. The present study analyses the internal factor structure of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) Scale in pathological gambling (PG). The scale's association with the clinical profile of patients is also evaluated. Method. The factor analysis was based on a sample of 531 men with a DSM-IV diagnosis of pathological gambling. The statistical analysis included confirmatory factor analysis and linear correlation. Results. The analyses confirmed the internal structure obtained for the URICA. The internal consistency was satisfactory (Cronbach's alpha between . 74 and . 85). The association between URICA scores and the socio-demographic and clinical profile of patients ranged between moderate and weak (R coefficients below . 30). Lower motivation was present in 28. 4% of cases and it was associated with shorter duration of the disorder, lower severity of the PG symptoms, and high psychopathology. Conclusions. The results support the validity and reliability of the URICA in a Spanish clinical population of pathological gamblers.
Grants:	European Commission 215839 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-1554
Note:	This work is part of the PhD dissertation of Mónica Gómez-Peña at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Note:	Altres ajuts: This work was partially supported by FIS (PI081573; PI081714)
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Pathological gambling ; University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (URICA) ; Motivation to change ; Sample
Published in:	The British journal of clinical psychology, Vol. 50 (2011) , p. 196-210, ISSN 2044-8260

DOI: 10.1348/014466510X511006

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