Emotional dysregulation features and problem gambling in university students: a pilot study

Torrado, Marco; Bacelar–Nicolau, Leonor; Skryabin, Valentin Yurievich; Teixeira, Mariana; Eusébio, Susana; Ouakinin, Sílvia

doi:10.1080/10550887.2020.1800889

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“…Results showed that MERS were related to negative and positive affect in the ARG group, whereas positive affect was not related in the group without gambling problems. This agrees with previous studies in which gambling disorder was related to difficulties in emotion regulation, sensation-seeking, and negative emotional states such as depression and anxiety (Tarrega et al, 2015 ; Torrado et al, 2020 ). Regarding positive affect, the identification and regulation of positive affect may be relevant in problematic gambling behavior, as it has been suggested that difficulties to manage positive affect may involve difficulties to stop gambling behavior in individuals with problem gambling (Marchica et al, 2020 ; Rogier et al, 2020 ).…”

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Alexithymia and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Adolescent Gamblers with and Without At-Risk Profiles

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Alexithymia, difficulties in emotion regulation, and negative affect play an important role in adolescents who present pathological gambling. Therefore, the objectives of the present study were, firstly, to analyze the differences between alexithymia, difficulties in emotion regulation, and positive and negative affect in adolescents with and without risk of gambling problems. Secondly, the relationships between all the variables of the study in adolescents with and without risk of problem gambling were analyzed separately. Thirdly, we analyzed the mediating role of positive and negative affect in the relationship between alexithymia and dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies (ERS) in adolescents at risk of gambling problems. The sample was composed of 206 adolescents with ages ranging from 12 to 18 years (M = 15.52; SD = 1.43). They were divided into two groups according to the score obtained in the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA). Thus, 84 were included in the group without risk of gambling problems and 122 in the group at risk of gambling problems. The results obtained revealed higher scores in negative affect and pathological gambling in the group at risk of gambling problems. Likewise, positive relationships between alexithymia, maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (MERS), and affect were found. Mediation analyses showed that difficulties in identifying feelings were indirectly related to greater use of dysfunctional ERS through their relationship with negative affect in at-risk gamblers.

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“…We feel certain that the students that participated in the present study have some knowledge on the prevention of STI and the importance of using condoms, which they have been exposed to since elementary school [42,51,52]. Several factors may nevertheless contribute to a tendency for risk-taking behavior in these students, including their young age, exposure to novel social environments at university, and their propensity for new experiences, which may make them more likely to neglect the need for basic protective measures to ensure their sexual health [43][44][45][46].…”

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“…The female university students is a young female population of reproductive age that often engages in risky sexual behavior, furthermore, that population group in the Brazilian Amazon face a scenario of social vulnerability, in particular remote communities in the deep interior, as they do not have access to the gold-standard laboratory diagnosis for the screening of this asymptomatic infection and thus, prevention of possible late reproductive sequelae [39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]. The knowledge of the prevalence and circulating genotypes of C. trachomatis in Amazonian populations can help to understand the epidemiology of this infection and planning prevention strategies focused on these young women.…”

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High prevalence and circulant genotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis in vulnerable university women from four cities in the Brazilian Amazon

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Background Approximately 80% of infected women infected by Chlamydia trachomatis are asymptomatic, although this infection can lead to serious complications in the female reproductive tract. Few data on Chlamydiainfection and genotypes are available in Amazonian communities. Objectives To describe the prevalence of and associated factors and to identify the genotypes of sexual C. trachomatis infection in female university students in different urban centers (capital and interiors) in the Brazilian state of Pará, in the eastern Amazon region. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed among young women attending public universities in four different urban centers in the eastern Amazon region. They were invited to participate in the studt and cervical secretions were collected for molecular diagnosis of C. trachomatis. We utilized amplification of the ompA gene by nested PCR. Positive samples were genotyped by nucleotide sequencing. Study participants completed a questionnaire on social, epidemiological, and reproductive health variables. A Qui-square and Binominal regression test were used to evaluate the degree of association of these variables with the infection. Results A total of 686 female students was included in the study. The overall prevalence of C. trachomatis was 11.2% (77/686). The prevalence of this infection was higher in interiors (15.2% vs 9.5%/ p: 0.0443). Female university students who do not have a sexual partner (11.8%/p <0.008), who do not use a condom in their sexual relations (17.8%/p <0.0001) and who reported having suffered a miscarriage (32%/p <0.0001) have high chances of acquiring this sexual infection. The ompA gene was sequenced in only 33 (42.8%) samples, revealing the genotype J was the most frequent (27.2% [9/33]), followed by genotypes D (24.2% [8/33]), and then genotypes F (18.2% [6/33]), E (15.1% [5/33]) K (6.1% [2/33]), Ia (6.1% [2/33]), and G (3.1% [1/33]). Conclusions The high prevalence of sexual infection by C. trachomatis in the female university students from the interior of the state of Pará, individuals with no fixed sexual partner, those that had had a miscarriage, the students that do not use condoms in their sexual relations. The genotype J of C. trachomatis genotypes was the most frequent. These data are important to help defining the epidemiological effects of chlamydial infections in Amazonian populations.

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“…Estos factores estresantes pueden desencadenar maneras inadecuadas de gestionar o regular las emociones al intentar reducir las emociones negativas o aumentar las positivas. Debido a esto, recientemente se ha señalado la necesidad de su estudio al reportar un gran valor preventivo en esta etapa del desarrollo (Hudson et al, 2013;Torrado et al, 2020). Además, se ha comprobado cómo a mayores dificultades en la regulación de las emociones y la necesidad de escapar de las emociones negativas, mayor será la gravedad del trastorno de juego (Marchica et al, 2020) y las distorsiones cognitivas relacionadas con el juego (Jara-Rizzo et al, 2019).…”

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Desesperanza en el trastorno del juego: relación con el apego y las dificultades en la regulación emocional en adultos jóvenes

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Desesperanza en el trastorno del juego: relación con el apego y las dificultades en la regulación emocional en adultos jóvenesThere has been a significant increase in the prevalence of gambling disorder among young adults in recent years. Several determinants are involved, such as hopelessness, which could be related to attachment and emotional regulation. Therefore, the objectives of the study were to analyze the relationship between hopelessness, attachment and positive and negative emotional regulation, as well as to analyze the association of attachment and emotional regulation with hopelessness. The sample consisted of 83 participants from the clinical population, i.e., with a gambling disorder, of whom 77 were male and 6 females with ages ranging from 18 to 30 years (M = 24.83; SD = 3.80). The results obtained suggest that hopelessness would decrease as maternal attachment would increase. Likewise, hopelessness would increase in parallel with difficulties in emotional regulation based on catastrophizing and the tendency to blame others. In turn, negative maternal attachment and emotional regulation based on blaming others were associated with hopelessness. These results reveal the importance of addressing the use of emotional regulation strategies based on catastrophizing and the tendency to blame others in young adults with a gambling disorder, as well as considering maternal attachment as a protective factor for this problem. These findings favor interventions aimed at the prevention and intervention of problem gambling in young adults. . Gambling disorder, hopelessness, attachment, emotional regulation, young adults.

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Emotional dysregulation features and problem gambling in university students: a pilot study

Cited by 12 publications

References 74 publications

Alexithymia and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Adolescent Gamblers with and Without At-Risk Profiles

Alexithymia and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Adolescent Gamblers with and Without At-Risk Profiles

High prevalence and circulant genotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis in vulnerable university women from four cities in the Brazilian Amazon

Desesperanza en el trastorno del juego: relación con el apego y las dificultades en la regulación emocional en adultos jóvenes

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