Chen Juliet Honglei, Spada Marcantonio M, Ling Haofeng, Tong Kwok Kit, Wu Anise M S
Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.
School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank University, London, UK.
J Gambl Stud. 2024 Sep;40(3):1423-1438. doi: 10.1007/s10899-024-10313-7. Epub 2024 May 17.
Desire thinking, within the metacognitive model of addictive behaviors, is conceptualized as a transdiagnostic process linked to the escalation and maintenance of craving for various addictive disorders; however, its application to the understanding of gambling and the Chinese community remains at an early stage. The present study aimed to introduce desire thinking into gambling research in the Chinese context by: (1) testing the applicability of its two-factor conceptualization and assessment tool, the Desire Thinking Questionnaire (DTQ), and (2) exploring its association with dysregulated and regulated engagements in gambling (i.e., Gambling Disorder [GD] and responsible gambling [RG], respectively). We conducted a telephone survey in Macao, China, and obtained a probability sample of 837 Chinese adult past-year gamblers (48.5% men; age: M = 41.11, SD = 14.31) with a two-stage cluster random sampling method. Our data indicated the psychometric adequacy of the two-factor DTQ (i.e., verbal perseveration and imaginal prefiguration) for measuring Chinese gamblers' desire thinking about gambling. After controlling for craving and demographics, desire thinking contributed to an additional 12.1% and 18.9% variance explained in GD tendency and RG behaviors, respectively. This study provides the first empirical evidence of the utility of desire thinking and the DTQ in facilitating gambling research on Chinese gamblers. Our findings also suggest the value of incorporating desire thinking in detecting and treating GD and in promoting RG.
在成瘾行为的元认知模型中，欲望思维被概念化为一种跨诊断过程，与各种成瘾性障碍的渴望升级和维持有关；然而，其在理解赌博及华人社区方面的应用仍处于早期阶段。本研究旨在将欲望思维引入中国背景下的赌博研究，具体方式为：（1）测试其两因素概念化及评估工具——欲望思维问卷（DTQ）的适用性，以及（2）探究其与赌博中失调和适度参与（即分别为赌博障碍[GD]和负责任赌博[RG]）的关联。我们在中国澳门进行了一项电话调查，采用两阶段整群随机抽样方法，获得了837名过去一年有赌博行为的中国成年赌徒的概率样本（48.5%为男性；年龄：M = 41.11，SD = 14.31）。我们的数据表明两因素DTQ（即言语执着和想象预演）在测量中国赌徒对赌博的欲望思维方面具有心理测量学上的充分性。在控制了渴望和人口统计学因素后，欲望思维分别对GD倾向和RG行为中额外12.1%和18.9%的变异解释量有贡献。本研究首次提供了欲望思维和DTQ在促进对中国赌徒的赌博研究方面效用的实证证据。我们的研究结果还表明，将欲望思维纳入GD的检测和治疗以及促进RG方面具有价值。
