Personality and Other Factors Associated with the Gambling Addiction

Dell, Lynn J.; Ruzicka, Mary F.; Palisi, Anthony T.

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“…Retrospective studies have found that 25%-40% of adult problem gamblers report parents who were problem gamblers (Custer, 1982;Jacobs, Marston, and Singer, 1985;Jacobs et al, 1989) or abused substances (Gambino, Fitzgerald, Shafer, Renner, and Courtnage, 1993). In one study, more than a third of adult pathological gamblers indicated they first gambled before the age of 10 and 47% between the ages of 11 and 18 (Dell, Ruzicka and Palisi, 1981). Jacobs et al (1989) theorized that certain family environments breed "intergenerational effects wrought by highly stressed, preoccupied, inconsistent, and often absent parents who have provided seriously flawed parenting,…”

Section: Interpersonal Difficultiesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Pathological Gamblers in the Workplace

Nower

2003

Employee Assistance Quarterly

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Commercial gaming is a thriving and popular industry. Increasingly, emerging technologies like the Internet provide unlimited access to gambling at work. This article provides an overview of pathological gambling and its associated adverse financial, legal, and psychosocial consequences with implications for the workplace. It also offers recommendations for safeguarding company resources, limiting liability and preventing potential abuses, identifying potential pathological gamblers, and devising effective intervention strategies and referral networks to assist employees with gambling problems.

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Section: Interpersonal Difficultiesmentioning

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Pathological Gamblers in the Workplace

Nower

2003

Employee Assistance Quarterly

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“…Los estudios llevados a cabo hasta la fecha arrojan cifras que oscilan entre el 11% y el 70%, con una amplia variabilidad entre los distintos estudios (Becoña, 1993;Bland et al, 1993;Ciarrocchi y Richardson, 1989;Dell, Ruzicka y Palisi, 1981;Kausch, 2003;Martínez-Pina, Guirao de Parga, Fuste, Serrat, Martín y Moreno, 1991;Ramírez, McCormick, Russo y Taber, 1983;Specker, Carlson, Edmonson, Johnson y Marcotte, 1996).…”

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Prevalencia del juego patológico en el alcoholismo : un estudio exploratorio

Montalvo¹,

González²,

López-Goñi³

2005

RPPC

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En este estudio se lleva a cabo un análisis de la prevalencia del juego patológico en 50 alcohólicos que acuden en busca de tratamiento. Para ello, se utilizaron los criterios diagnósticos del DSM-IV-TR para el juego patológico y el Cuestionario de Juego Patológico de South Oaks (SOGS). Los resultados obtenidos mostraron que el 20% de los alcohólicos de la muestra presentaba un diagnóstico comórbido de ludopatía. Además, un 12% adicional obtenía una puntuación en el SOGS indicadora de juego problemá-tico. En suma, el 32% de la muestra presentaba síntomas de juego clínicamente significativos. La comparación entre los alcohólicos con y sin ludopatía asociada mostró diferencias significativas en las variables relacionadas con el consumo de alcohol, que eran más altas en la submuestra de alcohólicos ludópatas, pero no en la sintomatología psicopatológica evaluada con el SCL-90-R, Se comentan las implicaciones de este estudio para la práctica clínica y la investigación futura.Palabras-clave: Juego patológico, alcoholismo, comorbilidad, evaluación. Prevalence of pathological gambling in tbe alcoholism: An explomtory studyIn this paper, the prevalence of pathological gambling in 50 treatment-seeking alcoholics was estimated. The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis criteria for pathological gambling and the Spanish versión of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) were used. Results showed a rate of 20% of alcoholics with a comorbid diagnosis of pathological gambling. Furthermore, an additional 12% of the alcoholic sample had relevant symptoms for problem gambling. In sum, the 32% of the sample reported clinically significant gambling-related symptoms. Comparison between alcoholics with and without pathological gambling showed significant differences in alcohol variables, which were higher in gambling sample. However there were no significant differences between groups in the psychopathological symptoms assessed with the SCL-90-R. Implications of these results for further research and clinical practice are commented upon.

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“…Many authors use the word compulsive to describe behaviors that are repeated until and despite causing harm to the performer, underscoring the impulsive nature of the patient, thus suggesting an overlap between the concepts of impulsivity and compulsivity. [6][7] On the other hand, the proposition of an Impulsive-Compulsive spectrum of disorders calls for a sharper psychopathological distinction between such concepts. Indeed, OCD rituals and PG wagering may resemble each other regarding repetition and harmful potential from an observer's perspective, but they certainly hold different purposes and meanings in the realm of the subjective psychopathology of each syndrome.…”

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Pathological gambling and obsessive-compulsive disorder: towards a spectrum of disorders of volition

Tavares

Gentil

2007

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

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Pathological gambling and obsessive-compulsive disorder: towards a spectrum of disorders of volition Jogo patológico e transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo: rumo a um espectro de transtornos da volição A b s t r a c t Objective: Pathological gambling is proposed as a participant of an impulsive-compulsive spectrum related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. This study aims to contrast pathological gambling and obsessive-compulsive disorder regarding course, comorbidity, and personality, hence testing the validity of the impulsive-compulsive spectrum. Method: 40 pathological gambling and 40 obsessivecompulsive disorder subjects matched to 40 healthy volunteers according to gender, age, and education were assessed with the Temperament Personality Questionnaire and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. Psychiatric patients were also assessed for course and comorbidity data. Results: Obsessive-compulsive disorder presented an earlier onset, but the full syndrome took longer to evolve. Pathological gambling had higher comorbidity with substance-related disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder higher comorbidity with somatoform disorders. Gamblers scored higher than controls on the sub-factors Impulsiveness, Extravagance, Disorderliness, and Fear of Uncertainty. Obsessive-compulsive patients scored higher than controls on Fear of Uncertai-nty. Impulsiveness, Extravagance, and Disorderliness significantly correlated with the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale total score, Fear of Uncertainty did not. Discussion: The course and comorbidity profiles of pathological gambling resemble an addiction and differ from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Pathological gambling combines impulsive and compulsive traits. Impulsivity and compulsivity should be regarded as orthogonal constructs, and as drives implicated in volition aspects of behavioral syndromes.

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Personality and Other Factors Associated with the Gambling Addiction

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Pathological Gamblers in the Workplace

Pathological Gamblers in the Workplace

Prevalencia del juego patológico en el alcoholismo : un estudio exploratorio

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