Moodie Crawford, Finnigan Frances
Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Rd., Glasgow G4 OBA, Scotland.
Psychol Rep. 2006 Oct;99(2):407-17. doi: 10.2466/pr0.99.2.407-417.
Is most research concerning gambling and depression has been conducted on clinical populations, the present study examined the relationship between gambling and depression across a large sample in Scotland in higher education and the community. A questionnaire-based cluster design involved the distribution of the South Oaks Gambling Screen and the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale mainly to students and staff of higher educational establishments, with small community and gambling samples also included. Thirty-seven colleges and universities across Scotland participated in the research, with a sample of 2259 people aged sixteen years of age or over (M = 28.9 yr., SD = 13.4) being obtained. It was found that past-year probable pathological gamblers had significantly higher depression than problem gamblers, nonproblem gamblers, and nongamblers. However, when probable pathological gamblers who had sought treatment were omitted from the analysis, the nontreatment-seeking probable pathological gambling group no longer had significantly higher depression than the problem gambling group. Female problem and probable pathological gamblers had particularly high depressive symptomatology, suggesting co-morbid depression may be a prominent feature of problematic female gambling.
尽管大多数关于赌博与抑郁的研究是在临床人群中进行的，但本研究在苏格兰高等教育机构和社区的大样本中考察了赌博与抑郁之间的关系。基于问卷的整群设计主要向高等教育机构的学生和教职员工发放了南橡树赌博筛查量表和流行病学研究中心抑郁量表，也纳入了少量社区样本和赌博样本。苏格兰的37所学院和大学参与了这项研究，获得了一个由2259名16岁及以上人群组成的样本（M = 28.9岁，SD = 13.4）。研究发现，过去一年中可能的病态赌徒的抑郁程度显著高于问题赌徒、非问题赌徒和非赌徒。然而，当分析中排除寻求治疗的可能病态赌徒时，未寻求治疗的可能病态赌博组的抑郁程度不再显著高于问题赌博组。女性问题赌徒和可能的病态赌徒的抑郁症状尤为严重，这表明共病抑郁可能是女性问题赌博的一个突出特征。
