Risk-taking decisions in pathological gamblers is not a result of their impaired inhibition ability

Kertzman, Semion; Lidogoster, Helena; Aizer, Anat; Kotler, Moshe; Dannon, Pinhas N.

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2011.02.021

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“…The finding that an immediate reward focus was significantly associated with greater numbers of gambling problems supports numerous studies that have shown as problem gamblers exhibit higher rates of discounting than non-problem gambling controls (e.g., Kertzman et al, 2011;Reynolds, 2006;Robbins, & Clark, 2015). This is also consistent with recent models of pathological gambling (Bechara, 2003;Evans & Coventry, 2006;van Holst et al, 2010) that motivational and valuation systems in pathological gamblers may over-estimate the value of immediate short-term rewards.…”

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Trait urgency and gambling problems in young people by age: The mediating role of decision-making processes

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Although the personality trait of urgency has been linked to problem gambling, less is known about psychological mechanisms that mediate the relationship between urgency and problem gambling. One individual variable of potential relevance to impulsivity and addictive disorders is age. The aims of this study were to examine: (i) a theoretical model associating urgency and gambling problems, (ii) the mediating effects of decision-making processes (operationalized as preference for small/immediate rewards and lower levels of deliberative decision-making); and (iii) age differences in these relationships. Participants comprised 986 students (64% male; mean age=19.51 years; SD=2.30) divided into three groups: 16-17 years, 18-21 years, and 22-25 years. All participants completed measures of urgency, problem gambling, and a delay-discounting questionnaire involving choices between a smaller amount of money received immediately and a larger amount of money received later. Participants were also asked to reflect on their decision-making process. Compared to those aged 16-17 years and 22-25 years, participants aged 18-21 years had a higher level of gambling problems and decreased scores on lower levels of deliberative decision-making. Higher levels of urgency were associated with higher levels of gambling problems. The association was mediated by a lower level of deliberative decision-making and preference for an immediate/small reward. A distinct pathway was observed for lower levels of deliberative decision-making. Young people who tend to act rashly in response to extreme moods, had lower levels of deliberative decision-making, that in turn were positively related to gambling problems. This study highlights unique decision-making pathways through which urgency trait may operate, suggesting that those developing prevention and/or treatment strategies may want to consider the model's variables, including urgency, delay discounting, and deliberative decision-making.

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Trait urgency and gambling problems in young people by age: The mediating role of decision-making processes

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“…the Iowa Gambling Task; IGT), limiting findings to selected aspects of these two functions and therefore arguably limiting the generalizability of findings (Bechara et al, 2002;Monterosso et al, 2001). We therefore employed two different tasks measuring each of these domains: the Stroop color-word interference task (Kertzman et al, 2011;Stroop, 1935) and a gaming-related Go/No-Go task to measure inhibitory control processes, as well as the Cups task (Weller et al, 2007), and the IGT (Bechara et al, 1994) to measure aspects of decision-making under conditions of risk and ambiguity, respectively.…”

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Impaired decision-making under risk is associated with gaming-specific inhibition deficits among college students with Internet gaming disorder

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“…The main difference found was that fellows with gambling disorder displayed significant differences in blocks 3, 4 and 5 of the Iowa Gambling Task; specifically, subjects with gambling disorder learned the Iowa Gambling Task slower than controls, and had augmented detrimental options. Furthermore, this was not explained by deficits in inhibition response (Stroop Test), nor by the amount of commission mistakes (Go/ NoGo Task; Kertzman et al, 2011).…”

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“…Also, another investigation contrasted a group of fellows with comorbid gambling disorder and pd, against a group of fellows with gambling disorder and without pd (Jiménez-Murcia et al, 2012), it found that both groups differ in terms of aging factors, onset of gambling disorder, alcohol consumption and other factors. Another research compared a group of fellows with gambling disorder and matched controls based on a series of psychological tests; the main difference was that gamblers showed variances (deficits) in blocks 3, 4 and 5 of the Iowa Gambling Task (slow learning and augmented detrimental options) (Kertzman, Lidogoster, Aizer, Kotler, & Dannon, 2011).…”

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“…Another research compared a group of fellows with gambling disorder (n = 51) against matched controls (n = 57), based on a series of tests (Iowa Gambling Task, Stroop Task and Go/NoGo Task; Kertzman et al, 2011). The main difference found was that fellows with gambling disorder displayed significant differences in blocks 3, 4 and 5 of the Iowa Gambling Task; specifically, subjects with gambling disorder learned the Iowa Gambling Task slower than controls, and had augmented detrimental options.…”

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A Revision of the Relationship between Gambling Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Parkinson´s Disease

Quintero-Garzola¹

2017

Pensando Psicol.

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Purpose: For the present review, publications in the field of gambling disorder that deal with its relationships with others, mainly attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) and Parkinson's disease (pd) were consulted. Methods: The current revision includes a total of 63 references published between 1987 and 2017. It included human studies and revisions regarding the comorbidity of gambling disorder with adhd or pd. The search terms included: gambling disorder, gambling disorder comorbidity, gambling disorder and adhd, gambling disorder and pd, gambling disorder and impulsivity. The present review focused on the link among gambling disorder and adhd or pd, because there were a large number of publications related to these disorders. For organization purpose the current work was split into two main parts: 1) Revision of previous scientific reviews about gambling disorder, and 2) Overview and conclusions of experimental work about gambling disorder. Conclusions: The principal conclusions of the current review are: 1) subjects with a gambling disorder have a higher incidence of adhd (and also of attention deficit disorder [add]), 2) the presence of adhd in subjects that suffer of gambling disorder implies more challenges for the health care system, and 3) pd treatments that increase the agonism of dopamine type of receptor are related to an elevated probability for developing a gambling problem or an impulse control disorder.Keywords: adhd, comorbidity, disorder, dopamine receptor, gambling pd. ResumenObjetivo: para la presente revisión, se consultaron publicaciones en el campo de la ludopatía que tratan de sus relaciones con otros trastornos, principalmente el trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad (tdah) y la enfermedad de Parkinson (ep). Método: la presente revisión tiene en cuenta 63 referencias publicadas entre 1987 y 2017 y tuvo en cuenta estudios en humanos y revisiones sobre la comorbilidad de la ludopatía con el tdah o la ep. Los términos de la búsqueda incluyeron: ludopatía, comorbilidad de la ludopatía, ludopatía y tdah, ludopatía y ep, ludopatía e impulsividad. Esta revisión se centró en el vínculo entre la ludopatía y el tdah o la ep, puesto que existía un gran número de publicaciones relacionadas con estos trastornos. Para su organización, el presente trabajo se dividió en dos partes principales: 1) el análisis de revisiones científicas anteriores sobre la ludopatía y 2) el resumen y las conclusiones del trabajo experimental sobre la ludopatía. Conclusiones: las conclusiones principales de esta revisión son: 1) los sujetos con ludopatía tienen una mayor incidencia del tdah (y también del trastorno de déficit de atención [tda]), 2) la presencia del tdah en sujetos que sufren de ludopatía implica más retos para el sistema de salud y 3) los tratamientos de la ep que aumentan el agonismo del receptor tipo dopamina están relacionados con una probabilidad elevada de desarrollar un problema de juego o un trastorno de control de impulsos.Palabras clave: tdah, comorbilidad, trasto...

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Risk-taking decisions in pathological gamblers is not a result of their impaired inhibition ability

Cited by 52 publications

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Trait urgency and gambling problems in young people by age: The mediating role of decision-making processes

Trait urgency and gambling problems in young people by age: The mediating role of decision-making processes

Impaired decision-making under risk is associated with gaming-specific inhibition deficits among college students with Internet gaming disorder

A Revision of the Relationship between Gambling Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Parkinson´s Disease

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