ArticleJournal of behavioral addictions2019
To chase or not to chase: A study on the role of mentalization and alcohol consumption in chasing behavior.
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- Positive Illusions: The Role of Cognitive Distortions Related to Gambling and Temporal Perspective in Chasing Behavior.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Trial
- Chasing the desire: An investigation on the role of craving, time perspective, and alcohol use in adolescent gambling.Addictive behaviors · 2020Trial
- Chasing the Present: Cognitive Distortions, Time Perspective, and Alcohol use in Adolescent Gambling.Journal of gambling studies · 2026Article
- Multidimensional Loss Chasing among Online Gamblers: Assessing Optimized Thresholds for the Prediction of Gambling Harm.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Getting even: chasing behavior, decision-making, and craving in habitual gamblers.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Attentional disengagement, craving, and mentalizing: a preliminary experimental study among older-aged male gamblers.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Chasing among older-aged gamblers: the role of mentalizing and psychological distress.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Online Assessment of Social Cognition in a Population of Gamers and Gamblers: Results of the eSMILE Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2023Article
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- Mentalizing Failures, Emotional Dysregulation, and Cognitive Distortions Among Adolescent Problem Gamblers.Journal of gambling studies · 2021Article
- Role of Gambling in Payback Failure in Consumer Credit-Data from a Large Body of Material Regarding Consumer Loan Recipients in Sweden.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsChasing is a behavioral marker and a diagnostic criterion for gambling disorder. Although chasing has been recognized to play a central role in gambling disorder, research on this topic is relatively scarce. This study investigated the association between chasing, alcohol consumption, and mentalization among habitual gamblers.
methodA total of 132 adults took part in the study. Participants were administered the South Oaks Gambling Screen, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire, and a laboratory task assessing chasing behavior. Participants were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions (Control, Loss, and Win). To deeply investigate chasing behavior, participants were requested to indicate the reasons for stopping or continuing playing at the end of the experimental session.
resultsLogistic regression analysis showed that the choice to stop or continue playing depended on experimental condition and alcohol use. Hierarchical linear regression indicated that chasing propensity was affected by experimental condition, alcohol consumption, and deficit in mentalization. The results of path analysis showed that hypermentalizing predicts chasing not only directly, but also indirectly via alcohol consumption.
conclusionsOverall, these results for the first time showed that hypermentalization plays a key role in chasing behavior over and above gambling severity. Since these findings support the idea that chasers and non-chasers are different subtypes of gamblers, clinical interventions should consider the additive role of chasing in gambling disorder.
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