Blaszczynski A, McConaghy N, Frankova A
Department of Clinical Psychology, Westmead Hospital, Australia.
Psychol Rep. 1990 Aug;67(1):35-42. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1990.67.1.35.
To test the hypothesis that pathological gamblers seek stimulation as a means of reducing aversive under-aroused states of boredom and/or depression, the Beck Depression Inventory, Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale and a Boredom Proneness Scale were administered to 48 diagnosed pathological gamblers and a control group of 40 family physician patients. Analyses of variance showed pathological gamblers obtained significantly higher boredom proneness and depression scores than those of controls. That the Boredom Proneness Scale failed to correlate with the Zuckerman Boredom Susceptibility subscale suggested the two measure differing dimensions. Results indicated the possible existence of three subtypes of pathological gamblers, one group characterized by boredom, another by depression, and a third by a mixture of both depression and boredom.
为了验证病理性赌博者通过寻求刺激来减轻无聊和/或抑郁等厌恶的低唤起状态这一假设，对48名确诊的病理性赌博者和40名家庭医生患者组成的对照组进行了贝克抑郁量表、朱克曼感觉寻求量表和无聊倾向量表的测试。方差分析显示，病理性赌博者的无聊倾向和抑郁得分显著高于对照组。无聊倾向量表与朱克曼无聊易感性分量表未显示相关性，这表明这两种测量方法衡量的是不同维度。结果表明病理性赌博者可能存在三种亚型，一组以无聊为特征，另一组以抑郁为特征，第三组则兼具抑郁和无聊。
