Moheban Fatemeh, Davoudi Mohammadreza, Tamrchi Sepideh
School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Clinical Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Addict Health. 2023 Jan;15(1):8-16. doi: 10.34172/ahj.2023.1352. Epub 2023 Jan 29.
The research literature about the relationship between alexithymia, risky decision-making, and gambling severity has been contradictory and limited. Besides, there is no study on the mediating roles of self-compassion and emotion regulation in online gambling. Moreover, the role of these mediators in gambling frequency has not been studied. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between alexithymia, risky decision-making, and gambling frequency by considering the mediating role of self-compassion and emotion regulation in online gamblers.
A total of 319 Iranians who gambled online at least once a week in the past three months were investigated using an online survey including Farsi Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (FTAS-20), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), and Gambling Disorder Screening Questionnaire-Persian (GDSQ-P). Statistical analyses were conducted by SPSS 26.0 for Windows. The relationships between the variables were analyzed using correlation analysis. In cases where significant relationships were observed, the hypotheses of the regression model were tested.
The mean age of the participants was 24.6±6.06 and 253 participants (73.9%) were male. Furthermore, no significant differences were observed between men and women in terms of risky decision-making (=0.051), gambling severity (=0.59), and age (=0.293).
Alexithymia had both a direct and indirect relationship with gambling severity through the mediating roles of emotion regulation and self-compassion. Moreover, alexithymia was significantly associated with risky decision-making and gambling frequency, through the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation, both directly and indirectly.
关于述情障碍、风险决策与赌博严重程度之间关系的研究文献相互矛盾且有限。此外，尚未有研究探讨自我同情和情绪调节在网络赌博中的中介作用。而且，这些中介变量在赌博频率方面的作用也未被研究。因此，本研究旨在通过考察自我同情和情绪调节在网络赌博者中的中介作用，来探究述情障碍、风险决策与赌博频率之间的关系。
使用在线调查问卷对过去三个月中每周至少进行一次在线赌博的319名伊朗人进行调查，问卷包括波斯语版多伦多述情障碍量表-20（FTAS-20）、情绪调节困难量表（DERS）和波斯语版赌博障碍筛查问卷（GDSQ-P）。使用Windows版SPSS 26.0进行统计分析。通过相关分析来分析变量之间的关系。在观察到显著关系的情况下，对回归模型的假设进行检验。
参与者的平均年龄为24.6±6.06岁，253名参与者（73.9%）为男性。此外，在风险决策（=0.051）、赌博严重程度（=0.59）和年龄（=0.293）方面，男性和女性之间未观察到显著差异。
述情障碍通过情绪调节和自我同情的中介作用，与赌博严重程度存在直接和间接关系。此外，述情障碍通过情绪调节困难这一中介作用，与风险决策和赌博频率直接和间接显著相关。
