Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Distortions and Attentional Bias in a Spanish Sample of Gambling Disorder Patients: Comparison between Online and Land-Based Gambling
Several risk factors have been related to the onset and maintenance of gambling disorder (GD). The aim of this study was to explore the differences in emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, cognitive distortions, and attentional bias between online and land-based gamblers. The sample consisted of 88 tr...
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doaj-c51fc660edc846bb8fd2a05a971a68752021-05-31T23:07:22ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-05-01184869486910.3390/ijerph18094869Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Distortions and Attentional Bias in a Spanish Sample of Gambling Disorder Patients: Comparison between Online and Land-Based GamblingMarta Sancho0Céline Bonnaire1Silvia Costa2Gemma Casalé-Salayet3Javier Vera-Igual4Rita Cristina Rodríguez5Santiago Duran-Sindreu6Joan Trujols7Addictive Behaviors Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, SpainLaboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université de Paris, F-92100 Boulogne Billancourt, FranceAddictive Behaviors Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, SpainAddictive Behaviors Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, SpainAddictive Behaviors Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, SpainMental Health Unit, Delta del Llobregat Primary Care Service, 08903 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, SpainAddictive Behaviors Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, SpainAddictive Behaviors Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, 08025 Barcelona, SpainSeveral risk factors have been related to the onset and maintenance of gambling disorder (GD). The aim of this study was to explore the differences in emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, cognitive distortions, and attentional bias between online and land-based gamblers. The sample consisted of 88 treatment-seeking patients from the Behavioral Addictions Unit at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (Spain). Patients were divided into two groups by considering their main type of gambling, i.e., online (<i>n</i> = 26) and land-based gambling (<i>n</i> = 62). Online gamblers were younger, more often employed, with a higher educational level than land-based gamblers. Regarding the rest of the variables, statistically significant differences were only found in <i>Positive Urgency</i>, one of the UPPS-P subscales, in which the land-based gambling group scored higher than the online gambling group. In this exploratory study, individuals with online and land-based GD phenotypes did not differ either in difficulties in emotion regulation or in attentional and cognitive biases. However, land-based GD patients showed a higher tendency to succumb to strong impulses under the influence of positive emotions. These preliminary findings warrant the need to continue investigating GD phenotypes in larger patient samples.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4869online gamblinggambling disorderemotion regulationattentional biasimpulsivitygambling-related cognition |
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Marta Sancho Céline Bonnaire Silvia Costa Gemma Casalé-Salayet Javier Vera-Igual Rita Cristina Rodríguez Santiago Duran-Sindreu Joan Trujols Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Distortions and Attentional Bias in a Spanish Sample of Gambling Disorder Patients: Comparison between Online and Land-Based Gambling International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health online gambling gambling disorder emotion regulation attentional bias impulsivity gambling-related cognition |
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Marta Sancho Céline Bonnaire Silvia Costa Gemma Casalé-Salayet Javier Vera-Igual Rita Cristina Rodríguez Santiago Duran-Sindreu Joan Trujols |
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Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Distortions and Attentional Bias in a Spanish Sample of Gambling Disorder Patients: Comparison between Online and Land-Based Gambling |
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Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Distortions and Attentional Bias in a Spanish Sample of Gambling Disorder Patients: Comparison between Online and Land-Based Gambling |
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Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Distortions and Attentional Bias in a Spanish Sample of Gambling Disorder Patients: Comparison between Online and Land-Based Gambling |
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Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Distortions and Attentional Bias in a Spanish Sample of Gambling Disorder Patients: Comparison between Online and Land-Based Gambling |
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Impulsivity, Emotion Regulation, Cognitive Distortions and Attentional Bias in a Spanish Sample of Gambling Disorder Patients: Comparison between Online and Land-Based Gambling |
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impulsivity, emotion regulation, cognitive distortions and attentional bias in a spanish sample of gambling disorder patients: comparison between online and land-based gambling |
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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1661-7827 1660-4601 |
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Several risk factors have been related to the onset and maintenance of gambling disorder (GD). The aim of this study was to explore the differences in emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, cognitive distortions, and attentional bias between online and land-based gamblers. The sample consisted of 88 treatment-seeking patients from the Behavioral Addictions Unit at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (Spain). Patients were divided into two groups by considering their main type of gambling, i.e., online (<i>n</i> = 26) and land-based gambling (<i>n</i> = 62). Online gamblers were younger, more often employed, with a higher educational level than land-based gamblers. Regarding the rest of the variables, statistically significant differences were only found in <i>Positive Urgency</i>, one of the UPPS-P subscales, in which the land-based gambling group scored higher than the online gambling group. In this exploratory study, individuals with online and land-based GD phenotypes did not differ either in difficulties in emotion regulation or in attentional and cognitive biases. However, land-based GD patients showed a higher tendency to succumb to strong impulses under the influence of positive emotions. These preliminary findings warrant the need to continue investigating GD phenotypes in larger patient samples. |
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online gambling gambling disorder emotion regulation attentional bias impulsivity gambling-related cognition |
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