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Exploring the mental health implications of comorbid behavioural addictions: Insights from the Quinte Longitudinal Study

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Author(s): Parker, James D. A. ; Taylor, Robyn N. ; Kennedy, Laura

Publisher: Gambling Research Exchange Ontario

Year Published: 2015

Date Added: January 08, 2019

Resource Type: Research report

Using data from the Quinte Longitudinal Survey (QLS), this study sought to better understand the overlap among behavioural addictions in community-based adults (N = 4,121), as well as explore the mental health implications of experiencing comorbid behavioural addictions. Three broad sets of analyses are reported. The first set of analyses uses a set of addiction-related behaviours (problem gambling, excessive game playing, and excessive online chatting) to demonstrate that a dysfunctional preoccupation latent variable explains a large amount of variability in addictive behaviour among adults. The second set of analyses extended the generalizability of the dysfunctional preoccupation construct by including additional addition-related behaviours (excessive sexual behaviour, shopping, and substance use). The temporal stability of the dysfunctional preoccupation scores were found to be moderately high across the five waves of QLS data and scores were also found to be independent of both basic personality and intelligence among both men and women. In the third set of analyses, individuals scoring high on dysfunctional preoccupation in the first year of the QLS were found to be at extreme risk for a cross-section of serious mental health problems at Time 1 and at subsequent years. Dysfunctional preoccupation scores were particularly linked with a cluster of five mental health problems: major depression, generalized anxiety, panic and agoraphobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse and dependency. Future directions for extending analyses with the QLS are also discussed.


Citation: Parker, J. D. A., Taylor, R. N., & Kennedy, L. (2015). Exploring the mental health implications of comorbid behavioural addictions: Insights from the Quinte Longitudinal Study. Report prepared for Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO), Guelph, Ontario, Canada. July, 2015.

Keywords: behavioural addictions ; comorbidities ; longitudinal studies ; mental health ; problem gambling ; Quinte Longitudinal Study (QLS)

Topics: Comorbidities ; Gambling and the Brain

Conceptual Framework Factors:   Psychological - Comorbid Disorders ; Psychological Factors

Geographic Coverage: Canada, Ontario

Source: Gambling Research Exchange Ontario

Related Resources:
  • The Quinte longitudinal study of gambling and problem gambling 2006-2011, Bay of Quinte region, Ontario [Canada]
  • Quinte longitudinal study of gambling and problem gambling
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