Role Reversal: The Influence of Slot Machine Gambling on Subsequent Alcohol Consumption

Tobias-Webb, Juliette; Griggs, Rebecca L.; Kaufman, Nataly; Clark, Luke

doi:10.1007/s10899-018-9787-6

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“…The observed association between alcohol use and gambling severity confirms the reciprocal influence between these two addictions (e.g., Barnes et al, 2002;Desai et al, 2005;Duhig et al, 2007;Liu et al, 2009;Rahman et al, 2014). Individuals who gamble are more likely to drink alcohol (Griffiths et al, 2010;Tobias-Webb et al, 2018), and individuals who drink alcohol are more likely to gamble (French et al, 2008). In addition, some studies have underlined the addictive effect of substance abuse on gambling severity.…”

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Facilitated attention for gambling cues in adolescent problem gamblers: An experimental study

Ciccarelli

Cosenza

Griffiths

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Journal of Affective Disorders

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Studies investigating attentional biases in gambling have observed that problem gamblers' attention is biased toward gambling cues. Despite the increase of gambling among adolescents, to date, no study has ever examined the role of attentional bias in adolescent gambling, as well as the relationships between adolescent gambling severity, craving, and alcohol use. Methods The present study comprised 87 adolescent participants. Based on South Oaks Gambling Screen Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA) scores, participants were assigned to non-problem or problem gamblers groups. Participants performed a modified Posner Task (with cue presentation times at 100 and 500 ms) to assess attentional biases. Following the experiment, participants completed the Gambling Craving Scale (GACS) and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Results Compared to non-problem gamblers, problem gamblers displayed facilitation bias for gambling cues at 500 ms and reported higher levels of craving and alcohol consumption. Results also indicated that alcohol use correlated with facilitation bias. Limitations The recruitment of a predominantly male sample and the use of an indirect measure of attentional bias may have affected the findings concerning attentional processes. Conclusions The present study provides the first empirical evidence of attentional processes in adolescent gambling, and confirms the role of attentional biases, craving, and alcohol use being associated factors in adolescent problem gambling. The results of the present study stress the importance of attentional biases in the initial stages of problem gambling and suggest the need for clinical interventions aimed at reducing attentional bias before they became automatic. Overall, the present study stressed the role of attentional bias as both facilitator and a consequence of gambling involvement.

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confidence: 59%

Facilitated attention for gambling cues in adolescent problem gamblers: An experimental study

Ciccarelli

Cosenza

Griffiths

et al. 2019

Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…Previous studies have shown that alcohol consumption can increase gambling behaviour [53][54][55][56][57]. Recently, Tobias-Webb et al [58] showed that this influence can be mutual. More specific, they found that gambling could increase subsequent alcohol consumption.…”

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A direct and conceptual replication of post-loss speeding when gambling

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To investigate the response to suboptimal outcomes, Verbuggen et al. (Verbruggen F, Chambers CD, Lawrence NS, McLaren IPL. 2017 Winning and losing: effects on impulsive action. J. Exp. Psychol.: Hum. Percept. Perform. 43 , 147. ( doi:10.1037/xhp0000284 )) conducted a study in which participants chose between a gamble and a non-gamble option. The non-gamble option was a guaranteed amount of points, whereas the gamble option was associated with a higher amount but a lower probability of winning. The authors observed that participants initiated the next trial faster after a loss compared to wins or non-gambles. In the present study, we directly replicated these findings in the laboratory and online. We also designed another task controlling for the number of trials per outcome. In this task, participants guessed where a reward was hidden. They won points if they selected the correct location, but lost points if they selected the incorrect location. We included neutral trials as a baseline. Again, participants sped up after a loss relative to wins and neutral trials (but only with a response choice in neutral trials and a large sample size). These findings appear inconsistent with cognitive-control frameworks, which assume that suboptimal outcomes typically lead to slower responses; instead, they suggest that suboptimal outcomes can invigorate behaviour, consistent with accounts of frustrative non-reward and impulsive action.

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“…Given the literature highlighted the frequent association of adolescent gambling behavior with alcohol consumption (e.g. Ciccarelli et al 2019a, b;Ciccarelli et al 2020;Dowling et al 2017;Leino et al 2017;Tobias-Webb et al 2019;Wilber and Potenza 2006), the study controlled for alcohol use.…”

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Mentalizing Failures, Emotional Dysregulation, and Cognitive Distortions Among Adolescent Problem Gamblers

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Over the past decade, several studies have investigated the relationship between cognitive distortions and emotion regulation among adolescent gamblers, demonstrating the exacerbating role of alcohol consumption when co-occurring with gambling problems. An important construct, that to date has been largely neglected, is mentalizing (i.e. the ability to reflect on one's own and others' mental states). The aim of the present study was (for the first time) to investigate the relative contribution of mentalization, emotional dysregulation, cognitive distortions, and alcohol consumption among adolescent gamblers. A total of 396 students (69.2% females) aged 14-19 years were recruited from secondary schools in Southern Italy. Assessment measures included the South Oaks Gambling Screen Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA), the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ-8), the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), the Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS), and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Regression analysis showed that, along with male gender, the best predictors of adolescent gambling were scores on two GRCS subscales (i.e., 'inability to stop gambling' and 'interpretative bias'), the RFQ-8's 'uncertainty about mental states' dimension, and the DERS 'impulse control difficulties' factor, with the overall model explaining more than one-third of the total variance. The results clearly indicated that, along with gambling-related cognitive distortions, uncertainty about mental states, and difficulties remaining in control of one's behavior when experiencing negative emotions contributed significantly to problematic gambling among adolescents.

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Role Reversal: The Influence of Slot Machine Gambling on Subsequent Alcohol Consumption

Cited by 10 publications

References 50 publications

Facilitated attention for gambling cues in adolescent problem gamblers: An experimental study

Facilitated attention for gambling cues in adolescent problem gamblers: An experimental study

A direct and conceptual replication of post-loss speeding when gambling

Mentalizing Failures, Emotional Dysregulation, and Cognitive Distortions Among Adolescent Problem Gamblers

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