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Psychological Characteristics of Problem Gamblers With and Without Mood Disorder
Jamey J Lister et al. Can J Psychiatry. 2015 Aug.
Abstract
Objective: Problem and pathological gamblers are significantly more likely to experience mood disorders, compared with the general population. Our study examined the relation of psychological characteristics (personality, trait impulsiveness, and gambling motives) to current co-occurring mood disorder (major depression and dysthymia) status among problem and pathological gamblers.
Method: Problem and pathological gamblers (N = 150) underwent a clinical interview to assess current co-occurring mood disorders; participants completed measures of problem gambling severity, personality, impulsiveness, and gambling motives.
Results: Problem and pathological gamblers with a current co-occurring mood disorder were more likely to be female, older, and to report higher lifetime and past-year gambling severity. A co-occurring mood disorder was associated with higher personality scores for alienation and stress reaction, lower scores for well-being, social closeness, and control, as well as higher impulsiveness scores for urgency and lack of premeditation, and lower sensation seeking scores. Participants with a co-occurring mood disorder also reported higher coping motives for gambling. Multivariate logistic regression analyses demonstrated that personality factors (lower social closeness and higher alienation) contributed to the greatest likelihood of being diagnosed with a co-occurring mood disorder.
Conclusions: Mood disorders frequently co-occur with problem and pathological gambling, and they are associated with greater gambling severity. These findings highlight that interpersonal facets of personality contribute substantially to co-occurring mood disorder status. Implications for treatment will be discussed.
Objectif :: Les joueurs à risque et les joueurs pathologiques sont significativement plus susceptibles d’éprouver des troubles de l’humeur, comparés à la population générale. Notre étude a examiné la relation des caractéristiques psychologiques (personnalité, impulsivité-trait, et motivations à jouer) avec l’état du trouble de l’humeur co-occurrent actuel (dépression majeure et dysthymie) chez les joueurs à risque et pathologiques.
Méthode :: Des joueurs à risques et pathologiques (N = 150) se sont prêtés à une entrevue clinique pour évaluer les troubles de l’humeur co-occurrents actuels. Les participants ont répondu à des mesures de la gravité du jeu problématique, de la personnalité, de l’impulsivité, et des motivations à jouer.
Résultats :: Les joueurs à risque et pathologiques qui ont un trouble de l’humeur cooccurrent actuel étaient plus susceptibles d’être de sexe féminin, plus âgés, et de déclarer une gravité plus élevée du jeu durant leur vie et lors l’année précédente. Un trouble de l’humeur co-occurrent était associé à des scores de personnalité plus élevés pour l’aliénation et la réaction au stress, à des scores moins élevés pour le bien-être, la proximité sociale, et le contrôle, ainsi qu’à des scores d’impulsivité plus élevés pour l’urgence et l’absence de préméditation, et à des scores moins élevés de recherche de sensations. Les participants ayant un trouble de l’humeur co-occurrent déclaraient aussi des motivations d’adaptation plus élevées pour le jeu. Les analyses de régression logistique multivariée ont démontré que les facteurs de personnalité (proximité sociale plus faible et aliénation plus élevée) contribuaient à la probabilité la plus élevée de recevoir un diagnostic de trouble de l’humeur co-occurrent.
Conclusions :: Les troubles de l’humeur sont fréquemment co-occurrents du jeu problématique et pathologique, et ils sont associés à une gravité accrue du jeu. Ces résultats indiquent que les aspects interpersonnels de la personnalité contribuent substantiellement à l’état du trouble de l’humeur co-occurrent. Les implications pour le traitement seront discutées.
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