Typologies of young pathological gamblers based on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Granero, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Stinchfield, Randy (University of Minnesota Medical School)
Fernández Aranda, Fernando (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Penelo Werner, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Savvidou, Lamprini G. (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Fröberg, Frida (Karolinska Institutet (Estocolm, Suècia))
Aymamí, Neus (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Gomez-Peña, Monica (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Moragas, Laura (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Del Pino Gutiérrez, Amparo (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Fagundo, Ana Beatriz (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)

Data:	2013
Resum:	Objective The aim of this study is to explore empirical clusters within the population of young Spanish individuals attending outpatient pathological gambling treatment. Method The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R), the Temperament and Character Inventory-R (TCI-R) and other clinical and psychopathological measures were administered to 154 patients (between 17 and 25 years old). The two-step cluster analysis explored the presence of empirical heterogeneous groups based on clinical and socio-demographic characteristics. Results Three clusters of young pathological gambling patients emerged. Type I showed less psychopathology and more functional personality traits. Type II showed a profile characterized by major emotional distress, shame, immaturity, hostility and negative feelings. Type III showed the most severe psychopathological profile and most psychopathological disturbances and schizotypal traits. Conclusions These results suggest that three distinct endophenotypes exist, and that environmental factors have a stronger influence in the first, while in the second and third, individual factors related to deficits of emotional regulation stand out.
Ajuts:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PSI2011-28349 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-1554
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Matèria:	Gambling treatment ; Young pathological gamblers
Publicat a:	Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol. 54 (2013) , p. 1153-1160, ISSN 1532-8384

DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.05.017

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