Impulsive Action but Not Impulsive Choice Determines Problem Gambling Severity

Brevers, Damien; Cleeremans, Axel; Verbruggen, Frederick; Bechara, Antoine; Kornreich, Charles; Verbanck, Paul; Noël, Xavier

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050647

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“…More powerful evidence should be further gathered to clarify on this issue. In addition, our data of the Delay-discounting Test (DDT) revealed no significant group differences between the PGs, ARGs and NPGs, inconsistent with previous reports showing steeper delay discounting in PGs31406970, which could be due to different methodologies and subject samples, thus cross-cultural studies should be of help to investigate the divergence of results with universal measurements.…”

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“…Indeed, results have demonstrated elevated self-report impulsivity scores in PG group such as on the BIS (e.g., Motor Impulsiveness, Attentional Impulsiveness, Non-planning Impulsiveness)2627282930 and the UPPSP Impulsive Behaviors Scale (e.g., Negative Urgency, Positive Urgency)313233343536. Neurocognitive investigations have also found that PG is associated with impaired inhibition performance on the Go/No Go Test26373839 and the Stop-Signal Test273240414243. In addition to these cross-sectional data, there is some preliminary evidence that self-report impulsivity traits in adolescence are prospectively associated with gambling disorder in follow-up assessments44454647.…”

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Comparison of impulsivity in non-problem, at-risk and problem gamblers

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As a non-substance addiction, gambling disorder represents the model for studying the neurobiology of addiction without toxic consequences of chronic drug use. From a neuropsychological perspective, impulsivity is deemed as a potential construct responsible in the onset and development of drug addiction. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between impulsivity and gambling status in young adults with varying severity of gambling. A sample of 1120 college students, equally divided into non-problem, at-risk and problem gamblers, were administered multiple measures of impulsivity including the UPPSP Impulsive Behaviors Scale (UPPSP), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), and the Delay-discounting Test (DDT). Compared with non-problem gamblers, both at-risk gamblers and problem gamblers displayed elevated scores on Negative Urgency, Positive Urgency, Motor Impulsiveness, and Attentional Impulsiveness. Problem gamblers showed higher scores than at-risk gamblers on Positive Urgency. Logistic regression models revealed that only Negative Urgency positively predicted both at-risk gambling and problem gambling compared to non-problem gambling. These results suggest that dimensions of impulsivity may be differentially linked to gambling behavior in young adults, with Negative Urgency putatively identified as an important impulsivity-related marker for the development of gambling disorder, which may provide a better understanding of the pathogenesis.

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Comparison of impulsivity in non-problem, at-risk and problem gamblers

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“…As regards to delay discounting, the results are in accordance with previous research demonstrating that pathological gamblers devalue or discount delayed rewards to a greater extent than non-gamblers and non-problem gamblers do (Petry and Casarella, 1999; e.g., Alessi and Petry, 2003; Madden et al, 2011; Michalczuk et al, 2011; Brevers et al, 2012; Miedl et al, 2012; Petry, 2012; Kräplin et al, 2014; see also Gray and MacKillop, 2014; Cosenza and Nigro, 2015; for a review see Wiehler and Peters, 2015; Cosenza et al, 2016; Nigro and Cosenza, 2016; Ciccarelli et al, 2016b). …”

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The Blurred Future of Adolescent Gamblers: Impulsivity, Time Horizon, and Emotional Distress

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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the interplay of functional and dysfunctional impulsivity, delay discounting, time perspective, and emotional negative states on gambling severity in Italian adolescents. A second aim of the study was to analyze the developmental trajectories of gambling involvement, functional and dysfunctional impulsivity, delay discounting, consideration of future consequences, and negative affectivity in a cross-sectional perspective. One thousand and ten Italian adolescents aging between 12 and 19 years were administered the South Oaks Gambling Screen Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA), the Functional and Dysfunctional Impulsivity Scale (FDIS), the Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ), the Consideration of Future Consequences Scale (CFC-14), and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21). Data analyses were conducted using correlational analysis, Chi-square test, analysis of variance, and hierarchical regression analysis. Results indicated that, relative to non-gamblers and non-problem gamblers, at-risk and problem gamblers showed higher levels of impulsivity, steeper delay discounting, shorter time horizon, and reported experiencing significantly higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. Results of hierarchical regression analysis, with SOGS-RA scores as the dependent variable, and gender, age, FDIS, MCQ, CFC-14, and DASS-21 scores as independent variables, indicated that, along with gender and age, low scores of future orientation and high scores of dysfunctional impulsivity, depression, anxiety, present orientation, and delay discounting significantly predicted gambling severity. These findings provide further evidence that the higher the gambling involvement, the greater the tendency to devalue delayed rewards and to focus on the immediate consequences of one's behavior. Interestingly, for the first time these results reveal an association between gambling severity and both dysfunctional impulsivity and negative affective states across adolescence. Finally, results of cross-sectional analyses suggest that gambling severity contributes more than age in shaping the developmental trajectories of functional and dysfunctional impulsivity, delay discounting, time perspective, and negative affective states.

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“…Wiehler and Peters (2014) hypothesized that PG are associated with impulsive choice behavior, as measured with the DD paradigm, in a rather categorical manner, as studies looking for a correlation between addiction severity and k did not find such an association (e.g., Alessi and Petry 2003;Brevers et al 2012;Kräplin et al 2014;Miedl et al 2012). As delay discounting behavior in PG is related to questionnaire measures of impulsivity (e.g., Alessi and Petry, 2003;Kräplin et al 2014, a steeper delay discounting might be interpreted as a behavioral marker underlying both impulsive behavior and pathological gambling in particular.…”

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Intertemporal choice behavior is constrained by brain structure in healthy participants and pathological gamblers

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The steepness of the delay discounting function shows considerable interindividual differences. Moreover, faster devaluation of future rewards has been consistently observed in pathological gamblers (PGs). Here, we asked whether variability in delay discounting is at least partially driven by differences in the anatomy of gray and white matter. For 40 healthy young subjects (study 1) as well as 15 PG and 15 age-matched healthy controls (HCs, study 2), the individual discounting parameter k was obtained. Based on 3D T1-weighted high-resolution magnetic resonance scans and diffusion tensor imaging, we performed voxel-based morphometry and tract-based spatial statistics, respectively, to examine the relation of gray matter volume (GMV) and white matter properties (as indicated by fractional anisotropy, FA) to k. Healthy groups from both studies showed a negative correlation between k and FA for the superior longitudinal fascicle and inferior longitudinal fascicle, whereas a positive correlation was found in the PG group for the inferior longitudinal fascicle and left inferior fronto-occipital fascicle. The latter also was significantly different between HC and PG in the group statistics (albeit on the right side), thus suggesting that this is a significant structure for the development of pathological gambling. GMV of the right frontal orbital cortex, left insular cortex and right lateral occipital cortex showed a positive correlation to k HC (studies 1 and 2) and PG, whereas a negative correlation was found for the left frontal pole in all three groups. Group comparison of GMV (study 2) revealed a decrease in PG for several cortical and subcortical areas.

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Impulsive Action but Not Impulsive Choice Determines Problem Gambling Severity

Cited by 90 publications

References 43 publications

Comparison of impulsivity in non-problem, at-risk and problem gamblers

Comparison of impulsivity in non-problem, at-risk and problem gamblers

The Blurred Future of Adolescent Gamblers: Impulsivity, Time Horizon, and Emotional Distress

Intertemporal choice behavior is constrained by brain structure in healthy participants and pathological gamblers

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