Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences, Lexington, KY, USA.
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
J Behav Addict. 2014 Sep;3(3):166-72. doi: 10.1556/JBA.3.2014.014. Epub 2014 Aug 26.
Past research suggests that sleep problems are associated with increased risky decision-making. Similarly, gambling disorder and alcohol use disorder are also associated with increased risky decision-making. Individuals with gambling disorder or alcohol use disorder have also reported higher rates of sleep problems compared to normal healthy controls. As such, we sought to examine whether sleep problems play a role in the development of alcohol use disorder or gambling disorder.
One hundred and forty-one individuals who gamble and use alcohol, yet do not meet criteria for gambling disorder or alcohol use disorder, were assessed to determine the correlation between sleepiness, amount of sleep obtained, decision-making, and alcohol or gambling behaviors.
Our results suggest that inconsistent sleep patterns may be associated with increased frequency of alcohol use and gambling. We did not, however, find a significant correlation between sleep factors and decision-making.
Further research is needed to examine the specific relationship between sleep patterns and alcohol use and gambling frequency. Overall these data suggest that sleepiness or sleep and risky decision-making is not a significant factor in gambling and alcohol use behaviors in individuals not meeting criteria for alcohol use disorder or gambling disorder.
过往研究表明睡眠问题与冒险决策行为的增加有关。同样，赌博障碍和酒精使用障碍也与冒险决策行为的增加有关。与正常健康对照组相比，患有赌博障碍或酒精使用障碍的个体报告的睡眠问题发生率更高。因此，我们试图研究睡眠问题是否在酒精使用障碍或赌博障碍的发展中起作用。
我们评估了 141 名既赌博又饮酒但不符合赌博障碍或酒精使用障碍标准的个体，以确定嗜睡、睡眠时间、决策以及饮酒或赌博行为之间的相关性。
我们的结果表明，不规律的睡眠模式可能与饮酒频率和赌博频率的增加有关。然而，我们并未发现睡眠因素与决策之间存在显著相关性。
需要进一步研究来检验睡眠模式与饮酒和赌博频率之间的具体关系。总的来说，这些数据表明，在不符合酒精使用障碍或赌博障碍标准的个体中，嗜睡或睡眠与冒险决策行为并不是饮酒和赌博行为的重要因素。
