Tempting fate: Chasing and maladaptive personality traits in gambling behavior

Nigro, Giovanna; Ciccarelli, Maria; Cosenza, Marina

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.088

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“…Few studies have experimentally assessed differences in chasing behavior after wins or losses. The results of the present study are in line with some previous studies (e.g., Lister et al, 2016;Nigro et al, 2018b), but in contrast with others (e.g., Breen & Zuckerman, 1999;O'Connor & Dickerson, 2003). There may be different reasons for these conflicting results.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The negative association of gender with chasing suggests that males are more willing to chase losses than females. Although the majority of studies assessing chasing behavior have not examined gender differences (Bibby, 2016;Breen & Zuckerman, 1999;Campbell-Meiklejohn et al, 2008;Kim & Lee, 2011;Lister et al, 2016;Parke et al, 2016) or have not found gender differences (O'Connor & Dickerson, 2003;Worhunsky, Potenza, & Rogers, 2017), the results of the present study are in line with previous studies that have reported more persistent chasing behavior among male gamblers (Linnet et al, 2006;Nigro et al, 2018aNigro et al, , 2018b. Male gender was also associated with steep discounting rates and high craving levels, probably due to the high prevalence of problem gambling among males compared to the female population Cosenza, Ciccarelli, & Nigro, 2018, 2019Cosenza & Nigro, 2015;Hing, Russell, Tolchard, & Nower, 2016;.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…The present study examined the previously unexplored relationship of delay discounting and craving with chasing behavior (controlling for gambling involvement) and demonstrated that the heightened levels of craving and the inability to tolerate delays in gratification appear to have a role in the decision to chase losses and in chasing persistence, respectively. The present findings make an important contribution to the gambling literature, highlighting that these two different aspects of chasing may have different underlying mechanisms (for similar results, see Nigro et al, 2018b) and that, taken together, craving and delay discounting might undermine the ability to stop gambling withinsession. In order to implement effective strategies, psychotherapeutic interventions are recommended which consider the possibility that chasers and non-chasers represent two gambling subtypes that differ in terms of motivation, behavior, and severity.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Participants were individually tested in a quiet room of the gambling venues where they were screened for problem gambling using the Italian version of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS; Lesieur & Blume, 1987). They also completed the Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ; Kirby & Maraković, 1996;Kirby, Petry, & Bickel, 1999) that assesses delay discounting, the Gambling Craving Scale (GACS; Young & Wohl, 2009; translated into Italian by Ciccarelli, Nigro, Griffiths, Cosenza, & D'Olimpio, 2016a) that assesses craving, and performed the ChasIT (Nigro et al, 2018a(Nigro et al, , 2018b, a computerized task assessing chasing behavior.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Corroborating and extending Linnet et al's (2006) findings, a recent study (Nigro, Ciccarelli, Cosenza, 2018a) observed chasers performing worse than nonchasers on the IGT and found chasing mediated the relationship between decision-making impairment and gambling severity. Chasing has also been associated with low sensitivity to punishment (Kim & Lee, 2011), disinhibition (Nigro et al, 2018b), and increased activation in brain regions related to reward expectation (Campbell-Meiklejohn, Woolrich, Passingham, & Rogers, 2008).…”

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An experimental investigation of the role of delay discounting and craving in gambling chasing behavior

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Chasing is a central feature of gambling disorder and refers to the attempt by individuals to recover financial losses by continuing to gamble. Although several efforts have been made to individuate the factors involved in the complex phenomenon of chasing, little is known regarding its association with delay discounting and craving, both considered important in the development and maintenance of gambling disorder. In the present study, the interplay between chasing, delay discounting, and craving (while controlling for gambling severity) was investigated. The sample comprised 128 adult gamblers aged between 18 and 67 years and consisted of non-problem gamblers (n=58), problem gamblers (n=18), and pathological gamblers (n=52) based on the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) scores. Participants were administered the Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ) and the Gambling Craving Scale (GACS), as well as completing the ChasIT, a computerized task assessing chasing behavior. Participants were randomly assigned to the control and the loss condition of the ChasIT. Results showed that pathological gamblers were more likely to chase and reported more severe chasing persistence. Regression analyses indicated that heightened levels of craving and the inability to tolerate delay in gratification, along with gambling severity, predicted both the decision to chase and chasing persistence. The present study contributes important findings to the gambling literature, highlighting the role of craving and delay discounting in facilitating the inability to stop within-sessions gambling. These findings may provide evidence that chasers and non-chasers represent two different types of gamblers, and that the difference may be useful for targeting more effective therapies.

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The Associations Between Maladaptive Personality Traits, Craving, Alcohol Use, and Adolescent Problem Gambling: An Italian Survey Study

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Although gambling disorder (GD) criteria do not explicitly address craving, it has received increased attention because it has been found to be a significant predictor of gambling severity. Furthermore, recent findings have suggested that both alcohol consumption and maladaptive personality traits may be risk factors among adult GD. To date, no study has evaluated the relative contribution of these factors in adolescent gambling behavior. Consequently, the present study investigated the relationship between gambling severity, craving, maladaptive personality traits, and alcohol use among adolescents. The sample comprised 550 Italian high-school students (50.2% males), aged 14-19 years (mean age = 16.24 years; SD = 1.56). Participants were administered the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA), Gambling Craving Scale (GACS), Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Format (PID-5-BF), and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Results indicated that relative to both non-gamblers and nonproblem gamblers, at-risk gamblers and problem gamblers scored higher on GACS, PID-5-BF and AUDIT. Regression analysis showed that Antagonism and Disinhibition PID-5-BF dimensions, Anticipation and Desire GACS subscales, and AUDIT total score were the best predictors of adolescent gambling involvement. These findings provide the first empirical evidence of associations between problematic gambling, craving, alcohol consumption, and maladaptive personality traits in adolescence.

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Positive Illusions: The Role of Cognitive Distortions Related to Gambling and Temporal Perspective in Chasing Behavior

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Chasing, or continuing to gamble to recoup previous losses, is a behavioral marker and a diagnostic criterion for gambling disorder. Even though chasing has been recognized to play a central role in gambling disorder, research on chasing is still relatively scarce. This study first empirically investigated the interplay between cognitive distortions related to gambling, temporal perspective, and chasing behavior in a sample of habitual gamblers. Two hundred and fifty-five adults took part in the study. Participants completed the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS), the 14-item Consideration of Future Consequences scale (CFC-14), and performed a computerized task assessing chasing behavior. Participants were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions (Control, Loss, and Win). Hierarchical logistic regression analysis showed that the decision to chase depended on scores on the CFC-14 Immediate scale and the GRCS dimensions Gambling Expectancies and Interpretative Bias. Hierarchical linear regression analysis indicated that, chasing frequency was affected by Loss condition, distortions related to gambling expectancies and predictive control, as well as by myopia for the future. Interestingly, the results of path analysis clearly indicated that some cognitions related to gambling predict chasing frequency not only directly, but also indirectly via shortened time horizon. Notably, gambling severity did not predict either the decision to chase, or the chasing persistence. These findings provide further evidence that nonchasers and chasers seem to belong to two quite distinct subtypes of gamblers. Such a difference could be useful for targeting more effective intervention strategies in gambling disorder treatment.

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Tempting fate: Chasing and maladaptive personality traits in gambling behavior

Cited by 15 publications

References 52 publications

An experimental investigation of the role of delay discounting and craving in gambling chasing behavior

An experimental investigation of the role of delay discounting and craving in gambling chasing behavior

The Associations Between Maladaptive Personality Traits, Craving, Alcohol Use, and Adolescent Problem Gambling: An Italian Survey Study

Positive Illusions: The Role of Cognitive Distortions Related to Gambling and Temporal Perspective in Chasing Behavior

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