Paris Descartes University, Laboratory of Psychopathology and Health Processes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France.
Psychiatry Res. 2017 Apr;250:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.057. Epub 2017 Jan 22.
The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between sensation seeking and gambling disorder (GD) in a community sample of gamblers (when controlling for the effect of substance use, gender and age) and see whether sensation seeking scores depend on the gambling activity when comparing strategic and non-strategic gamblers. A total of 380 gamblers was recruited. First, pathological gamblers (PGs) (n =143) were compared to non-pathological gamblers (NPGs) (n =237). Second, strategic gamblers (n =93) were compared to non-strategic gamblers (n =110). Sociodemographic data, gambling behavior (SOGS, DSM-IV), tobacco and alcohol use (CAGE), and sensation seeking (SSS) were evaluated. PGs have higher boredom susceptibility scores than NPGs and this factor is associated with GD. Nevertheless, the relationship between sensation seeking and GD depends on the gambling activity. In fact, sensation seeking is associated with GD in strategic gamblers only. PGs playing strategic games display different profiles from non-strategic PGs. Thus, factors associated with GD differ when the gambling activity is taken into account. These findings are consistent with the idea of it being essential to identify clinically distinct subgroups of PGs in the treatment of GD.
本研究旨在检验赌博障碍（GD）与感觉寻求之间的关系，研究对象为社区中存在赌博行为的人群（在控制物质使用、性别和年龄的影响后），并观察在比较策略性和非策略性赌徒时，感觉寻求得分是否取决于赌博行为。共招募了 380 名赌徒。首先，比较病理性赌徒（PGs）（n =143）和非病理性赌徒（NPGs）（n =237）。其次，比较策略性赌徒（n =93）和非策略性赌徒（n =110）。评估了社会人口统计学数据、赌博行为（SOGS、DSM-IV）、烟草和酒精使用（CAGE）以及感觉寻求（SSS）。PGs 的无聊易感性评分高于 NPGs，且该因素与 GD 相关。然而，感觉寻求与 GD 的关系取决于赌博行为。事实上，只有在策略性赌徒中，感觉寻求才与 GD 相关。参与策略性游戏的 PGs 与非策略性 PGs 的表现不同。因此，当考虑到赌博行为时，与 GD 相关的因素也会有所不同。这些发现与在治疗 GD 时识别不同临床亚组的 PGs 至关重要的观点一致。
