Sociodemographic and psychopathological predictors of criminal behavior in women with gambling disorder

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 wi...

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Autores: Mestre-Bach, Gemma|||0000-0001-5345-0484, Steward, Trevor|||0000-0003-3116-8175, Granero, Roser|||0000-0001-6308-3198, Fernández Aranda, Fernando|||0000-0002-2968-9898, Talón-Navarro, María Teresa, Cuquerella Fuentes, Àngel|||0000-0001-8028-1700, Del Pino Gutiérrez, Amparo|||0000-0002-2854-9850, Aymamí, Neus|||0000-0002-4607-9565, Gomez-Peña, Monica|||0000-0001-6194-8266, Mallorquí-Bagué, Núria|||0000-0003-1434-3162, Mena Moreno, Teresa|||0000-0003-4172-9714, Vintró Alcaraz, Cristina|||0000-0001-9453-8810, Baño, Marta|||0000-0002-9916-611X, Moragas, Laura|||0000-0001-5235-7026, Magaña, Pablo|||0000-0003-2005-4172, Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel|||0000-0002-6231-6524, Jiménez Murcia, Susana|||0000-0002-3596-8033
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:319794
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/319794
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.022
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Criminal behavior
Gambling disorder
Personality
Psychopathology
Sociodemographic
Women
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Sumario: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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