Gambling on the stock market : An unexplored issue
Granero, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Tárrega Larrea, Salomé
Fernández Aranda, Fernando
Aymamí, Neus
Gomez-Peña, Monica
Moragas, Laura
Custal, Nuria
Orekhova, Lisa
Savvidou, Lamprini G.
Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana

Data:	2012
Resum:	Objective: Stock market investment (SMI) is one of the most socially acceptable types of gambling, which, however, can turn into a gambling problem. Because it is barely examined, we compared a series of clinical, psychopathologic, and personality variables in SMI gambling patients (both as primary and secondary problem) with a group of traditional pathologic gamblers (PGs). Method: A total sample of 1470 PGs (1376 patients without SMIs [PG-SMI], 76 patients with SMI as a secondary gambling problem [PG+SMI], and 18 patients with SMI as a primary gambling problem [SMI+PG]) participated in this study. All participants were diagnosed according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, criteria. The following instruments were used: the South Oaks Gambling Screen, the Symptom Check List-90 Items - Revised, the Temperament and Character Inventory - Revised, and other clinical and psychopathologic indices. Results: The 3 patient groups' profiles were statistically similar in psychometrical measures. The risk of having SMI increased for patients with higher education, and the presence of SMI as a primary problem in PGs increased with university study level and higher scores on the personality trait of cooperativeness. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate comparability of SMI gamblers with PGs in their general clinical profile and in psychopathology and personality.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Matèria:	Gambling ; Stock market
Publicat a:	Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol. 53 Núm. 6 (2012) , p. 666-673, ISSN 1532-8384

DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.12.004

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