TY - JOUR
T1 - Clustering Gambling Disorder Patients with Lotteries as a Preferred Form of Gambling
AU - Granero Perez, Rosario
AU - Daniela León Vargas, null
AU - Martín Romera, Virginia
AU - Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando
AU - Mena-Moreno, Teresa
AU - Pino-Gutierrez, Amparo Del
AU - Codina, Ester
AU - Gomez Peña, Monica
AU - Moragas, Laura
AU - Aymamí, Maria Neus
AU - Mestre-Bach, Gemma
AU - Agüera, Zaida
AU - Vintró-Alcaraz, Cristina
AU - Lozano-Madrid, M
AU - Casalé, Gemma
AU - Menchón, José Manuel
AU - Jiménez-Murcia, Susana, null
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/3/17
Y1 - 2020/3/17
N2 - Few studies have focused on the specific subtype of gamblers who present lotteries as their main gambling problem. This study aimed to explore empirical subgroups of treatment-seeking patients who endorsed lotteries as their preferred form of gambling. The sample included n = 342 patients who were included in two-step cluster analysis procedures using sociodemographic and clinical measures as indicator variables. Three clusters were identified: (a) Cluster 1 (labeled as “severely impaired young men”, n = 108, 31.6%) included mainly single young men that were employed, with short disorder duration, high gambling severity and high levels of comorbid psychopathology; (b) Cluster 2 (labeled as “moderate severity and highly functional”, n = 120, 35.1%) included patients that were middle-aged, highly educated, married, employed, with high socioeconomic position indexes and functional personality traits; and (c) Cluster 3 (labeled as “older, moderately impaired patients”, n = 114, 33.3%) included older patients, the highest percentage of separated or divorced subjects, high unemployment, low socioeconomic status and low levels of education. This study indicates that gambling disorder profiles characterized by lotteries as a preferred form of gambling constitute a heterogeneous group in which distinct, empirically based phenotypes can be identified. These factors should be taken into account for the development of reliable assessment instruments and for the design of effective prevention and treatment programs.
AB - Few studies have focused on the specific subtype of gamblers who present lotteries as their main gambling problem. This study aimed to explore empirical subgroups of treatment-seeking patients who endorsed lotteries as their preferred form of gambling. The sample included n = 342 patients who were included in two-step cluster analysis procedures using sociodemographic and clinical measures as indicator variables. Three clusters were identified: (a) Cluster 1 (labeled as “severely impaired young men”, n = 108, 31.6%) included mainly single young men that were employed, with short disorder duration, high gambling severity and high levels of comorbid psychopathology; (b) Cluster 2 (labeled as “moderate severity and highly functional”, n = 120, 35.1%) included patients that were middle-aged, highly educated, married, employed, with high socioeconomic position indexes and functional personality traits; and (c) Cluster 3 (labeled as “older, moderately impaired patients”, n = 114, 33.3%) included older patients, the highest percentage of separated or divorced subjects, high unemployment, low socioeconomic status and low levels of education. This study indicates that gambling disorder profiles characterized by lotteries as a preferred form of gambling constitute a heterogeneous group in which distinct, empirically based phenotypes can be identified. These factors should be taken into account for the development of reliable assessment instruments and for the design of effective prevention and treatment programs.
KW - Clustering
KW - Gambling disorder
KW - Lotteries
KW - Personality
KW - Psychopathology
KW - Humans
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Gambling/psychology
KW - Self-Assessment
KW - Male
KW - Behavior, Addictive/psychology
KW - Patients
KW - Young Adult
KW - Adult
KW - Female
KW - Reward
KW - Cluster Analysis
KW - ADHD
KW - RELIABILITY
KW - IMPULSIVITY
KW - VALIDITY
KW - OLDER-ADULTS
KW - CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY
KW - IV DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA
KW - SYMPTOMS
KW - NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10899-020-09940-7
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082807766&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10899-020-09940-7
DO - 10.1007/s10899-020-09940-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 32185648
VL - 36
SP - 999
EP - 1011
JO - Journal of Gambling Behavior
JF - Journal of Gambling Behavior
SN - 0742-0714
IS - 3
ER -