Sociodemographic and psychopathological predictors of criminal behavior in women with gambling disorder
Mestre-Bach, Gemma (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Steward, Trevor (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Granero, Roser (Instituto de Salud Carlos III)
Fernández Aranda, Fernando (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Talón-Navarro, María Teresa (Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses de Catalunya)
Cuquerella Fuentes, Àngel (Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses de Catalunya)
Del Pino Gutiérrez, Amparo (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament d'Infermeria de Salut Pública, Salut Mental i Maternoinfantil)
Aymamí, Neus (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Gomez-Peña, Monica (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Mallorquí-Bagué, Núria (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Mena Moreno, Teresa (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Vintró Alcaraz, Cristina (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Baño, Marta (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Moragas, Laura (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Magaña, Pablo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra. departament de Dret)
Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut

Data:	2018
Resum:	Women have been underrepresented in the empirical research of gambling disorder (GD), a psychiatric condition included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-5). More specifically, no studies to date have been carried out exploring the clinical phenotype of women with GD who have committed gambling-related illegal acts. Aims: In this study, we sought to delineate the clinical, personality and psychopathological differences between treatment-seeking women with GD, with and without a criminal record. Furthermore, we aimed to identify the variables that best predict the presence of illegal acts in this clinical group. Material and methods: Data corresponded to n = 273 treatment-seeking women who met criteria for GD. Two groups were compared: women with a history of criminal behavior (n = 61, 22. 34%) to those who did not (n = 212, 77. 66%) taking psychopathology, clinical and personality data into account. Results: Women who engaged in criminal acts were younger and endorsed higher psychopathology, GD severity, and novelty seeking levels than the other clinical group. Regarding the predictive model, women with higher levels of novelty seeking and lower levels of reward dependence were at higher risk of having a criminal record. Discussion, conclusions and implications for practice and/or policy: Our findings uphold that women with GD and a history of illegal acts are especially vulnerable in terms of comorbid psychopathology and dysfunctional personality traits. Therefore, this population could potentially benefit from public policies that target their mental health needs.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Matèria:	Criminal behavior ; Gambling disorder ; Personality ; Psychopathology ; Sociodemographic ; Women ; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ; SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Publicat a:	Addictive behaviors, Vol. 80 (2018) , p. 124-129, ISSN 1873-6327

DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.022

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