Emotion regulation in gambling disorder

View Open Access Article View Snapshot Back to Search Results

snapshot summaries

Author(s): Sancho, Marta ; de Gracia, Marta ; Granero, Roser ; Gonzalez-Simarro, Sara ; Sánchez, Isabel ; Fernández-Aranda, Fernando ; Trujols, Joan ; Mallorquí-Bagué, Núria ; Mestre-Bach, Gemma ; Del Pino-Gutiérrez, Amparo ; Mena-Moreno, Teresa ; Vintró-Alcaraz, Cristina ; Steward, Trevor ; Aymami, Neus M. ; Gómez-Peña, Monica ; Menchón, José M. ; Jiménez-Murcia, Susana

Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Year Published: 2019

Date Added: November 26, 2019

The findings suggest that gambling disorder (GD) was more severe in people with impaired emotion regulation (ER) and in younger people. However, ER impairments were higher in men and older people. There were no differences in ER impairments based on preferred gambling type (strategic versus non-strategic gambling). Prevention and intervention programs could consider different ER impairments in patients seeking treatment for GD.

Citation: Sancho, M., de Gracia, M., Granero, R., González-Simarro, S., Sánchez, I., Fernandez-Aranda, F., ... & Jiménez-Murcia, S. (2019). Differences in emotion regulation considering gender, age, and gambling preferences in a sample of gambling disorder patients. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00625

Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00625

Keywords: age ; behavioural addictions ; emotional dysregulation ; gambling disorder ; gender ; problem gambling severity ; risk

Conceptual Framework Factors: Cultural - Gender ; Psychological Factors ; Cultural Factors ; Psychological - Lifespan Development ; Biological Factors ; Biological - Neurobiology

Study Design: Observational: Cross-sectional

Geographic Coverage: Spain

Study Population: Patients (N=484), aged 18 years and older, seeking treatment for gambling disorder at a specialized outpatient service.

Sampling Procedure: Participants were consecutively recruited from an outpatient treatment service at Bellvitge University Hospital between 2015 and 2017.

Study Funding:

This study was funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) and cofounded by the FEDER funds/European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). This work was also supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PSI2015-68701-R) and by the Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas (2017I067).