Typologies of young pathological gamblers based on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

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...

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Autores: Jiménez-Murcia, Susana, Granero, Roser, Stinchfield, Randy, Fernández Aranda, Fernando, Penelo, Eva, Savvidou, Lamprini G., Fröberg, Frida, Aymamí, Maria Neus, Gómez-Peña, Mónica, Moragas, Laura, Del Pino Gutiérrez, Amparo, Fagundo, Ana Beatriz, Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/133477
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/133477
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Joc compulsiu
Joves
Cribratge
Compulsive gambling
Youth
Medical screening
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Sumario: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.

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