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Title: | Gambling disorder and substance use disorders: effect of early age and personality |
Other Titles: | Jeu pathologique et troubles liés à l’utilisation de substances : effets de l’incidence à un jeune âge et de la personnalité |
Author: | Jiménez-Murcia, Susana Granero, Roser Tárrega, Salomé Sauvaget, Anne Grall Bronnec, Marie Álvarez-Moya, Eva M. Agüera, Zaida Aymamí, Maria Neus Gómez-Peña, Mónica Pino Gutiérrez, Amparo Del Moragas, Laura Menchón Magriñá, José Manuel Fagundo, Ana Beatriz Sauchelli, Sarah La Verde, Melania Aguglia, Eugenio Signorelli, Maria S. Fernández Formoso, José Antonio Fernández Aranda, Fernando |
Keywords: | Jocs d'atzar Addictes Abús de substàncies Joves Gambling Addicts Substance abuse Youth |
Issue Date: | 30-Dec-2015 |
Publisher: | Drogues, santé et société |
Abstract: | Objectives: To compare substance use, gambling behaviors and personality traits between two different groups of individuals with a gambling disorder (young and adult patients); to explore the contribution of sex, age and personality traits on substance use; and to evaluate the capacity of age and personality traits to predict substance use. Methods: The participants were 428 gambling disorder (GD) patients, divided into two groups based on age [55 young participants (age≤25 years) and 373 middle- to old-aged participants (age>25 years)]. All were consecutively admitted to a Psychiatry Department and diagnosed according to the DSM-IV criteria. In addition, the Diagnostic Questionnaire for Pathological Gambling according to DSM-IV criteria, the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R), and other clinical measures were used to examine gambling behaviors, substance use and personality. Results: When the two age groups were compared, statistically significant differences were observed in several sociodemographic variables. Furthermore, the younger GD patients presented higher rates of drug use (p=.010). Regarding the personality traits, differences were found only in the Novelty Seeking (NS) scale, where the younger patients presented elevated scores (p=.006). Higher scores (p=.022) in NS and lower ones (p=.028) in Self-Transcendence (ST) were the personality traits significantly associated with tobacco consumption (p=.003). However, only age was associated with other substance use (p=.003). |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://drogues-sante-societe.ca/ |
It is part of: | Drogues, santé et société, 2015, vol. 14, num. 1, p. 79-110 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/69291 |
ISSN: | 1703-8839 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Infermeria de Salut Pública, Salut mental i Maternoinfantil) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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