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Title: | The role of affect-driven impulsivity in gambling cognitions: a convenience-sample study with a Spanish version of the Gambling-Related Cognitions Scale |
Author: | Prete, Francesco del Steward, Trevor Navas, Juan F. Fernández Aranda, Fernando Jiménez-Murcia, Susana Oei, Tian P.S. Perales Losa, Carlos |
Keywords: | Afecte (Psicologia) Cognició Joc compulsiu Conducta compulsiva Affect (Psychology) Cognition Compulsive gambling Compulsive behavior |
Issue Date: | 1-Mar-2017 |
Publisher: | Akadémiai Kiadó |
Abstract: | Background and aims: abnormal cognitions are among the most salient domain-specific features of gambling disorder. The aims of this study were: (a) to examine and validate a Spanish version of the Gambling-Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS; Raylu & Oei, 2004) and (b) to examine associations between cognitive distortion levels, impulsivity, and gambling behavior. Methods: this study first recruited a convenience sample of 500 adults who had gambled during the previous year. Participants were assessed using the Spanish version of GRCS (GRCS-S) questionnaire, the UPPS-P impulsivity questionnaire, measures of gambling behavior, and potentially relevant confounders. Robust confirmatory factor analysis methods on half the sample were used to select the best models from a hypothesis-driven set. The best solutions were validated on the other half, and the resulting factors were later correlated with impulsivity dimensions (in the whole n = 500 factor analysis sample) and clinically relevant gambling indices (in a separate convenience sample of 137 disordered and non-disordered gamblers; validity sample). Results: this study supports the original five-factor model, suggests an alternative four-factor solution, and confirms the psychometric soundness of the GRCS-S. Importantly, cognitive distortions consistently correlated with affect-or motivation-driven aspects of impulsivity (urgency and sensation seeking), but not with cognitive impulsivity (lack of premeditation and lack of perseverance). Discussion and conclusions: our findings suggest that the GRCS-S is a valid and reliable instrument to identify gambling cognitions in Spanish samples. Our results expand upon previous research signaling specific associations between gambling-related distortions and affect-driven impulsivity in line with models of motivated reasoning. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.6.2017.001 |
It is part of: | Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 2017, vol. 6, num. 1, p. 51-63 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/172915 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.6.2017.001 |
ISSN: | 2062-5871 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Fisiològiques) |
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