Department of Psychiatry. Bellvitge University Hospital-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain; Psychiatry and Mental Health Group, Neuroscience Program, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain.
Addict Behav. 2022 Mar;126:107176. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107176. Epub 2021 Nov 8.
Emotion regulation (ER) and impulsivity impairments have been reported in patients with gambling disorder (GD). However, both constructs have not been studied in depth jointly in clinical samples. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze ER and impulsive tendencies/traits in a sample of n = 321 treatment-seeking individuals with GD by differentiating them according to their gambling preference (n = 100 strategic; n = 221 non-strategic).
Our sample was assessed through the DERS (ER), the UPPS-P (impulsivity), and the DSM-5 (GD severity).
The non-strategic group included a higher proportion of women and reported greater ER impairments, and more impulsive traits/tendencies compared to strategic gamblers. GD severity was associated with all DERS subscale (except for awareness) and with urgency dimensions of the UPPS-P.
Our findings confirm that strategic and non-strategic gamblers differ in their ER processes and impulsive tendencies, showing the first clinical group a more adaptive profile. These results suggest the relevance of assessing these ER and impulsivity in order to tailor better treatment approaches.
有研究报道,赌博障碍(GD)患者存在情绪调节(ER)和冲动控制受损。然而,这两个结构在临床样本中尚未被联合深入研究。因此,本研究的目的是通过区分有赌博偏好的患者(n=100 名策略性;n=221 名非策略性),分析 321 名寻求治疗的 GD 患者的 ER 和冲动倾向/特质。
我们的样本通过 DERS(ER)、UPPS-P(冲动)和 DSM-5(GD 严重程度)进行评估。
非策略性组包括更高比例的女性,与策略性赌徒相比,他们报告了更多的 ER 损伤和更多的冲动特质/倾向。GD 严重程度与 DERS 的所有分量表(除意识外)和 UPPS-P 的紧迫性维度相关。
我们的研究结果证实,策略性和非策略性赌徒在 ER 过程和冲动倾向方面存在差异,表现出前者更适应的特征。这些结果表明,评估这些 ER 和冲动性对于制定更好的治疗方法非常重要。