Deficits in emotion regulation strategies among problematic and pathological gamblers in a sample of vocational school students
| Autor: | B Besser, Hans-Jürgen Rumpf, S Orlowski, Gallus Bischof, Anja Bischof |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Full-Length Report Adolescent unselected sample Emotions Medicine (miscellaneous) Context (language use) Sample (statistics) problematic gambling Self-Control Young Adult Education Professional Risk Factors Humans Students Pathological pathological gambling emotion regulation strategies Vocational school General Medicine Middle Aged Risk factor (computing) Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology risk factor Gambling Female proactive recruitment Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Behavioral Addictions |
| ISSN: | 2063-5303 2062-5871 |
| DOI: | 10.1556/2006.7.2018.136 |
| Popis: | Background and aims Deficits in emotion regulation (ER) are associated with mental disorders. To date, there are hardly any studies focusing on the role of ER strategies in the context of gambling behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between specific ER strategies and pathological as well as problematic gambling in a proactively recruited sample. Methods A large and unselected sample (n = 4,928) has been screened proactively and systematically in vocational schools. We assessed the Affective Style Questionnaire to measure ER strategies and the Stinchfield questionnaire for assessing problematic and pathological gambling. Associations were investigated with linear and multinomial logistic regression analyses. Results The analyses showed a significant negative correlation between the subscales “Adjusting” and “Tolerating” and the Stinchfield sum score. Lower scores on these subscales were associated with a higher number of endorsed Stinchfield items. A lower score on the ER strategies “Adjusting” [conditional odds ratio (COR) = 0.95, confidence interval (CI) = 0.91–0.99] and “Tolerating” [COR = 0.95, CI = 0.92–99] led to a higher chance of being classified as a pathological gambler. In problematic gambling, on a subthreshold level, only “Tolerating” turned out to be significant [COR = 0.96, CI = 0.93–0.99]. Discussion and conclusions For the first time, deficits in specific ER strategies were identified as independent risk factors for problematic and pathological gambling in a large and proactively recruited sample. ER skills, especially acceptance-focused strategies, should be considered in prevention and psychotherapy. |
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