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Is gambling disorder associated with impulsivity traits measured by the UPPS-P and is this association moderated by sex and age?
- Source :
- Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 72, Iss, Pp 106-113 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2017.
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Abstract
- Objectives Impulsivity is a construct that is strongly associated with Gambling Disorder (GD). The main objectives in the present study are: 1) to explore the role of sex and age on impulsivity levels in GD patients; 2) to identify the relationship of the different impulsivity facets with comorbid psychopathology and other personality traits in GD patients; and (3) to assess whether impulsivity is a predictor for the severity of GD. Method The final sample consisted of 406 consecutive participants. All of them were seeking treatment for GD (88.4% male and 11.6% female) and completed the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale, the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R), the Temperament and Character Inventory-R (TCI-R) as well as other clinical and psychopathological measures. Results Results show a negative linear trend between age and lower sensation seeking levels as well as lack of premeditation (the higher the age the lower the UPPS-P scores), and a positive linear trend between age and positive urgency (UR) (the higher the age the higher the UPPS-P score). However, no sex differences were found for the assessed impulsivity dimensions. Lack of perseverance was positively associated with obsessive–compulsive symptoms and harm avoidance trait, and negatively related to persistence and self-directedness traits. Positive UR and negative UR were positively correlated with general psychopathology and the total number of DSM-IV criteria, and negatively associated to the following personality traits: self-directedness and cooperativeness. Finally, only the sensation seeking and negative UR of the UPPS-P showed predictive capacity on the severity of the disorder (the higher the impulsivity scores the higher the illness severity). Conclusions These findings highlight the association between impulsivity traits (measured by the UPPS-P) and GD in a large and consecutively recruited clinical sample with GD, taking into account the variables sex and age.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Persistence (psychology)
Aging
Character
Impulsiveness | Bulimium | Sensation Seeking
050103 clinical psychology
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:RC435-571
media_common.quotation_subject
030508 substance abuse
Impulsivity
03 medical and health sciences
Harm Reduction
lcsh:Psychiatry
medicine
Humans
Sensation seeking
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Big Five personality traits
Temperament
Psychiatry
media_common
Sex Characteristics
05 social sciences
Cooperativeness
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Gambling
Impulsive Behavior
Harm avoidance
Female
medicine.symptom
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Psychopathology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0010440X
- Volume :
- 72
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Comprehensive Psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3275a4794f18cef5064d644300651242