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|||0000-0002-3596-8033, Granero, Roser|||0000-0001-6308-3198, Stinchfield, Randy, Fernández Aranda, Fernando|||0000-0002-2968-9898, Penelo Werner, Eva|||0000-0001-6796-7660, Savvidou, Lamprini G., Fröberg, Frida|||0000-0003-4155-6323, Aymamí, Neus|||0000-0002-4607-9565, Gomez-Peña, Monica|||0000-0001-6194-8266, Moragas, Laura|||0000-0001-5235-7026, Del Pino Gutiérrez, Amparo|||0000-0002-2854-9850, Fagundo, Ana Beatriz|||0000-0003-1703-9457, Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel|||0000-0002-6231-6524
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:319689
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/319689
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.05.017
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gambling treatment
Young pathological gamblers
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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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