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ArticleJournal of gambling studies2022

A Comprehensive Model for Gambling Behaviors: Assessment of the Factors that can Contribute to the Vulnerability and Maintenance of Gambling Disorder.

Alessio Gori, Eleonora Topino, Giuseppe Craparo, Ilaria Bagnoli, Vincenzo Caretti, Adriano Schimmenti

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Article in Journal of gambling studies, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alessio GoriDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Piazza S. Marco 4, 50121, Firenze, Italy. alessio.gori@unifi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6867-2319
Eleonora TopinoDepartment of Human Sciences, LUMSA University of Rome, Via della Traspontina, 21, 00193, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe CraparoFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE-Kore University of Enna, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100, Enna, Italy.
Ilaria BagnoliDepartment of Human Sciences, LUMSA University of Rome, Via della Traspontina, 21, 00193, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo CarettiDepartment of Human Sciences, LUMSA University of Rome, Via della Traspontina, 21, 00193, Rome, Italy.
Adriano SchimmentiFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE-Kore University of Enna, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100, Enna, Italy.
Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta · ITUniversità degli Studi di Enna Kore · ITUniversity of Florence · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gambling Disorder is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon which requires a careful understanding by analysing both the life experiences and the psychopathological components linked to this type of behaviour. This study aimed to apply a Comprehensive Model of Addiction and to delve deeper the dimensions involved in the vulnerability and maintenance of the disease. Therefore, the effect of alexithymia and traumatic experiences in mediating the relationship between insecure attachment and dissociation, as well as the roles of impulsiveness and compulsiveness in influencing obsessiveness were explored in pathological gamblers. A sample composed of 253 individuals with a mean age of 47.8 years (SD = 12.4) with a diagnosis of Gambling Disorder (82.6% males, 17.4% females) completed the battery of measures. Results showed that alexithymia significantly mediates the relationship between insecure attachment and dissociation, while no significance was found in the effect of complex trauma. Furthermore, a significant impact role of impulsiveness and compulsiveness in determining obsessiveness was found. Therefore, the data suggested that alexithymia may increase the risk of developing a gambling disorder, mediating the association between insecure attachment and dissociation. The model of craving which could have a core role in disease maintenance processes was also confirmed, highlighting a significant influence of impulsiveness and compulsiveness on obsessiveness. Such findings might have relevant implications to increase the effectiveness of both preventive interventions and therapeutic works, favouring positive results for a better mental health of the subjects.

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Behavior, AddictiveGamblingAffective SymptomsCompulsive BehaviorDissociative DisordersFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedBehavioural addictionCravingGambling disorderMaintenanceVulnerability

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PMID33844125
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