Weatherly Jeffrey N
Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8380, USA.
J Addict. 2013;2013:156365. doi: 10.1155/2013/156365. Epub 2012 Dec 1.
Previous research has reported a strong relationship between endorsing gambling as an escape and problem/pathological gambling as measured by the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS). The present study recruited 249 university students to complete the Gambling Functional Assessment-Revised (GFA-R), which measures the function of the respondent's gambling, as well as the SOGS and the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI), which was designed to identify gambling problems in the general population. Endorsing gambling as an escape on the GFA-R was again predictive of SOGS scores. The function of one's gambling was also predictive of the respondents' PGSI scores, but whether gambling for positive reinforcement or as an escape was the significant predictor differed between male and female respondents. Scores on the GFA-R subscales also accounted for a significant amount of variance in PGSI scores above and beyond that accounted for by SOGS scores. The present results support the idea that both practitioners and researchers should be interested in the function of an individual's gambling as well as the presence or the absence of pathology. They also suggest that differences in the function of gambling might also exist between the sexes.
先前的研究报告称，将赌博视为一种逃避方式与通过南橡树赌博筛查量表（SOGS）衡量的问题赌博/病态赌博之间存在密切关系。本研究招募了249名大学生，让他们完成赌博功能评估修订版（GFA-R），该量表用于衡量受访者赌博的功能，同时还完成了SOGS和问题赌博严重程度指数（PGSI），后者旨在识别普通人群中的赌博问题。在GFA-R上认可将赌博作为一种逃避方式再次能够预测SOGS得分。一个人的赌博功能也能够预测受访者的PGSI得分，但赌博是为了积极强化还是作为一种逃避方式，这一显著预测因素在男性和女性受访者之间存在差异。GFA-R分量表的得分在SOGS得分之外，也在很大程度上解释了PGSI得分的差异。目前的研究结果支持这样一种观点，即从业者和研究人员都应该关注个人赌博的功能以及是否存在病态。研究结果还表明，赌博功能在性别之间可能也存在差异。
