Typologies of young pathological gamblers based on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

Abstract Objective The aim of this study is to explore empirical clusters within the population of young Spanish individuals attending outpatient pathological gambling treatment. Method The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R), the Temperament and Character Inventory-R...

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Published in:Comprehensive psychiatry 2013-11, Vol.54 (8), p.1153-1160
Main Authors: Jiménez-Murcia, Susana, Granero, Roser, Stinchfield, Randy, Fernández-Aranda, Fernando, Penelo, Eva, Savvidou, Lamprini G, Fröberg, Frida, Aymamí, Neus, Gómez-Peña, Mónica, Moragas, Laura, del Pino-Gutiérrez, Amparo, Fagundo, Ana B, Menchón, José M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Cluster Analysis
Compulsive gambling
Cribratge
Endophenotypes
Female
Gambling
Gambling - classification
Gambling - epidemiology
Gambling - psychology
Humans
Joc compulsiu
Joves
Male
Medical sciences
Medical screening
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Miscellaneous
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Questionnaires
Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency
Spain - epidemiology
Standard deviation
Studies
Validity
Young Adult
Youth
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Summary:Abstract Objective The aim of this study is to explore empirical clusters within the population of young Spanish individuals attending outpatient pathological gambling treatment. Method The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R), the Temperament and Character Inventory-R (TCI-R) and other clinical and psychopathological measures were administered to 154 patients (between 17 and 25 years old). The two-step cluster analysis explored the presence of empirical heterogeneous groups based on clinical and socio-demographic characteristics. Results Three clusters of young pathological gambling patients emerged. Type I showed less psychopathology and more functional personality traits. Type II showed a profile characterized by major emotional distress, shame, immaturity, hostility and negative feelings. Type III showed the most severe psychopathological profile and most psychopathological disturbances and schizotypal traits. Conclusions These results suggest that three distinct endophenotypes exist, and that environmental factors have a stronger influence in the first, while in the second and third, individual factors related to deficits of emotional regulation stand out.
ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.05.017