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Reconsidering the roots, structure, and implications of gambling motives: An integrative approach.
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- Why You Gamble Matters: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Gambling Motivation and Problem Gambling.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Pooled it
- The Role of Social Deficits in the Link Between Social Gambling Motives and Problem Gambling.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Post-COVID gambling habits of adolescents and young adults in Aragon, Spain: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Correlates of Gambling Behaviours Among Day Traders: Evidence from a National Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Role of Motivation in the Progression of Problem Gambling: A Comparison of Early and Late Adults.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Dimensionality and validity of the Gambling Motives Questionnaire - Financial among lottery loyalty program participants.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Gambling in a U.S. Census Matched Sample: Examining Interactions between Means and Motives in Predicting Problematic Outcomes.Journal of gambling studies · 2024Article
- Development and Psychometric Properties of the Social Network Site Use Motives Scale-Revised.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2023Article
- Looking at Sex Differences in Gambling Disorder: The Predictive Role of the Early Abandonment Schema, Gambling Motives and Alexithymia in Depression.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
- Operationalization and measurement of compulsivity across video gaming and gambling behavioral domains.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- The associative learning roots of affect-driven impulsivity and its role in problem gambling: A replication attempt and extension of Quintero et al. (2020).Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023Article
- An empirical investigation of the Pathways Model of problem gambling through the conjoint use of self-reports and behavioural tasks.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- The Gambling Habits of University Students in Aragon, Spain: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- How gambling motives are associated with socio-demographics and gambling behavior - A Finnish population study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- A Comprehensive Model for Gambling Behaviors: Assessment of the Factors that can Contribute to the Vulnerability and Maintenance of Gambling Disorder.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Article
- Development and Validation of the RAFFLE: A Measure of Reasons and Facilitators for Loot Box Engagement.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- The relation of orthorexia with lifestyle habits: Arabic versions of the Eating Habits Questionnaire and the Dusseldorf Orthorexia Scale.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- A casino in my pocket: Gratifications associated with obsessive and harmonious passion for mobile gambling.PloS one · 2021Article
- Motives to Have Sex: Measurement and Correlates With Sociodemographic, Sexual Life, and Psychosexual Characteristics.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The role of gambling type on gambling motives, cognitive distortions, and gambling severity in gamblers recruited online.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
RATIONALE AND
methodAccurately identifying motives to gamble is crucial in the functional analysis of gambling behavior. In this study, a data-driven approach was followed to clarify the factor structure underlying a pool of motives for gambling, selected from the Gambling Motives Questionnaire-Financial (GMQ-F), and the Reasons for Gambling Questionnaire (RGQ), in a sample of regular problem and non-problem gamblers. Additionally, the role of gambling motives in the relationship between root behavioral activation/inhibition systems (BIS/BAS) and gambling severity, frequency, and preferences was explored using structural equation modelling (SEM). RESULTS AND
conclusionsThe present study identified Social, Financial, and Fun/thrill-related gambling motives factors, but also a fourth factor in which some positive and negative reinforcement-based motives were grouped into a single and broader Affect regulation factor. This Affect regulation factor shared variance both with BIS and BAS-related measures, and was the only direct predictor of disordered gambling symptoms. The Fun/thrill factor was directly related to frequency of participation in high-arousal, skill-based games, and all factors were related to participation in lower-arousal, chance games (with Social motives negatively predicting both participation in the latter and total severity). In the SEM model, measures of BIS/BAS sensitivity were connected to gambling behavior only through gambling motives. Based on measures of items' specificity, a shortened Spanish scale (the brief Gambling Motives Inventory, bGMI) is proposed to assess gambling motives in accordance with the observed 4-factor structure.
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