How do online sports gambling disorder patients compare with land-based patients? - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

. 2017 Dec 1;6(4):639-647.

doi: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.067. Epub 2017 Oct 27.

Raquel Rodríguez 1, Noelia Díaz 1, Roser Granero 2 3, Gemma Mestre-Bach 2 4, Trevor Steward 2 4, Fernando Fernández-Aranda 2 4 5, Neus Aymamí 4, Mónica Gómez-Peña 4, Amparo Del Pino-Gutiérrez 6, Marta Baño 4, Laura Moragas 4, Núria Mallorquí-Bagué 2 4, Hibai López-González 1 7, Paula Jauregui 1, Jaione Onaindia 1, Virginia Martín-Romera 8, José M Menchón 4 5 9, Susana Jiménez-Murcia 2 4 5

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Comparative Study

How do online sports gambling disorder patients compare with land-based patients?

Ana Estévez et al. J Behav Addict. 2017.

Abstract

Background and aims Recent technological developments have brought about notable changes in the way people gamble. The widespread use of mobile Internet devices and gambling websites has led to a significant leap in the number of people who recreationally gamble. However, for some, gambling can turn into a psychiatric disorder resembling substance addiction. At present, there is a shortage of studies examining differences between adults with gambling disorder (GD) who exclusively make sports bets online, GD patients that are non-sports Internet gamblers, and offline gamblers. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine the differences between these three groups, considering sociodemographic, personality, and clinical characteristics. Methods The sample consisted of 2,743 treatment-seeking male patients from the Pathological Gambling Unit at a university hospital. All patients met DSM-5 criteria for GD. Results We found that gamblers who exclusively engaged in non-sports Internet gambling activities were younger than offline gamblers and online sports gamblers. Non-sports Internet gamblers were also more likely to have greater levels of debt compared with offline gamblers. In terms of personality characteristics, our sample displayed low levels of self-directedness and cooperativeness and high levels of novelty seeking. In addition, online sports gamblers obtained higher scores in persistence than non-sports Internet gamblers and offline gamblers. Discussion and conclusion Although differences if terms of gambling severity were not identified between groups, GD patients who exclusively bet online appear to possess distinct personality characteristics and higher debt levels compared with offline gamblers.

Keywords: Internet; betting; gambling disorder; online gambling; personality.

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This manuscript and research were supported by grants from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI14/00290, CIBERObn, CIBERsam, and Fondos FEDER) and Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PSI2015-68701-R). Both CIBERObn and CIBERSAM are an initiative of ISCIII. GM-B is supported by a predoctoral grant of AGAUR (2016FI_B 00568). HL-G is funded by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Basque government (POS_2015_1_0062).

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