TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comparison of Gambling-Related Cognitions and Behaviors in Gamblers from the United States and Spain
AU - Mestre-Bach, Gemma
AU - Steward, Trevor
AU - Balodis, Iris M.
AU - Vintró-Alcaraz, Cristina
AU - Granero, Roser
AU - Fernández-Aranda, Fernando
AU - Menchón, José M.
AU - Jiménez-Murcia, Susana
AU - Potenza, Marc N.
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support was received through the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Grant PSI2011-28349 and PSI2015-68701-R). FIS PI14/00290, FIS PI17/01167 received aid from the Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad. CIBER Fisiología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn) and CIBER Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), both of which are initiatives of ISCIII. We thank CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya for institutional support. Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) “Una manera de hacer Europa”/”a way to build Europe”. Investigación subvencionada por la Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas (2017I067). GMB was supported by a postdoctoral grant from FUNCIVA. CVA is supported each one by a predoctoral Grant of the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (FPU16/01453). Dr. Potenza’s involvement was supported by a National Center for Responsible Gaming Center of Excellence grant and by the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Few studies have compared the clinical characteristics of gambling disorder (GD) from a cross-cultural perspective. In the present study, we aimed to examine differences in gambling-related cognitions, gambling preferences, GD severity and other clinical and sociodemographic variables in individuals with GD in the United States and Spain. Two groups of participants with GD (from the United States of America (US; n = 109) and Spain (n = 243) were compared using the South Oaks gambling screen and the gambling-related cognitions scale. In Spain, the prevalence of participants who reported only non-strategic gambling preferences was higher, whereas in the US, participants tended to engage in a wider breadth of gambling activities. Moreover, Spanish participants reported higher GD severity, while participants in the US endorsed greater gambling-related cognitions. Our findings suggest that there may jurisdictional or cultural differences in terms of gambling-related cognitions, gambling preferences, and GD severity levels among individuals in the US versus Spain. These differences, which may reflect cultural regulatory or other factors, should be investigated further, and considered when developing and implementing interventions for GD.
AB - Few studies have compared the clinical characteristics of gambling disorder (GD) from a cross-cultural perspective. In the present study, we aimed to examine differences in gambling-related cognitions, gambling preferences, GD severity and other clinical and sociodemographic variables in individuals with GD in the United States and Spain. Two groups of participants with GD (from the United States of America (US; n = 109) and Spain (n = 243) were compared using the South Oaks gambling screen and the gambling-related cognitions scale. In Spain, the prevalence of participants who reported only non-strategic gambling preferences was higher, whereas in the US, participants tended to engage in a wider breadth of gambling activities. Moreover, Spanish participants reported higher GD severity, while participants in the US endorsed greater gambling-related cognitions. Our findings suggest that there may jurisdictional or cultural differences in terms of gambling-related cognitions, gambling preferences, and GD severity levels among individuals in the US versus Spain. These differences, which may reflect cultural regulatory or other factors, should be investigated further, and considered when developing and implementing interventions for GD.
KW - Addictive behaviors
KW - Cognition
KW - Cross-cultural
KW - Gambling disorder
KW - Impulse control
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U2 - 10.1007/s10899-020-09971-0
DO - 10.1007/s10899-020-09971-0
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 32772214
AN - SCOPUS:85089249382
ER -