Hodgins David C, Holub Alice
Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada.
Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada ; Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB Canada.
Int J Ment Health Addict. 2015;13(6):699-711. doi: 10.1007/s11469-015-9572-z. Epub 2015 Jul 24.
This study examined the structure of impulsivity within gambling disorder. A group of 51 men and 53 women with gambling disorder completed self-report and behavioral measures of impulsivity. Principal component analyses found two factors. The first was interpreted as measuring trait impulsivity. This factor correlated with problem gambling severity, presence of comorbid mental health and substance use disorders, history of brain injury, and was higher in Aboriginal participants. The second factor had high loadings on the self-reported sensation-seeking scales and the behavioural measures of response impulsivity. This factor correlated with overall gambling involvement but not with indicators of pathology. Higher scores were associated with younger age. These results are consistent with an evolving model of the etiology of disordered gambling that suggests that sensation-seeking is related to gambling involvement but that trait impulsivity and mental health struggles are associated with the development of gambling disorder.
本研究考察了赌博障碍中冲动性的结构。一组51名患有赌博障碍的男性和53名患有赌博障碍的女性完成了冲动性的自我报告和行为测量。主成分分析发现了两个因素。第一个因素被解释为测量特质冲动性。该因素与问题赌博的严重程度、共病心理健康和物质使用障碍的存在、脑损伤史相关,且在原住民参与者中更高。第二个因素在自我报告的寻求刺激量表和反应冲动性的行为测量上有高负荷。该因素与总体赌博参与度相关,但与病理学指标无关。较高的分数与较年轻的年龄相关。这些结果与赌博障碍病因的一个不断发展的模型一致,该模型表明寻求刺激与赌博参与度相关,但特质冲动性和心理健康问题与赌博障碍的发展相关。