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Thurm, A., Satel, J., Montag, C., Griffiths, M.D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524 and Pontes, H.M. ORCID: 0000-0001-8020-7623,
2023.
The relationship between gambling disorder, stressful life events, gambling-related cognitive distortions, difficulty in emotion regulation, and self-control.
Journal of Gambling Studies, 39, pp. 87-101.
ISSN 1050-5350
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Abstract
Gambling Disorder (GD) is a prominent psychiatric disorder affecting individuals worldwide. Research suggests that key risk factors for GD include stressful life events (SLEs) and specific psychological factors, such as gambling-related cognitive distortions. The present study investigated the potential mediating role of specific psychological factors (i.e., gambling-related cognitive distortions, difficulty in emotion regulation, and self-control) in the relationship between SLEs and GD. A cross-sectional study using an online survey was developed to investigate the relationship between SLEs and GD in a mediation model. A total of 516 participants were initially recruited online to the present study, and data from 290 participants were fully included in the statistical analyses conducted. Sociodemographic and gambling-related data were collected in addition to data related to participants’ SLEs, GD, gambling-related cognitive distortions, difficulty in emotion regulation, and self-control. The results of the parallel multiple mediation analysis conducted found that gambling-related cognitive distortions and difficulty in emotion regulation mediated the relationship between SLEs events and GD. However, self-control was not found to mediate this relationship. The findings suggest that individuals who experience SLEs may be more vulnerable to the development of GD through their belief in gambling-related cognitive distortions and experience of difficulty regulating their emotions. Implications regarding potential preventive efforts for GD are discussed.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Journal of Gambling Studies | ||||||
| Creators: | Thurm, A., Satel, J., Montag, C., Griffiths, M.D. and Pontes, H.M. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
| Date: | March 2023 | ||||||
| Volume: | 39 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1050-5350 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||||
| Date Added: | 04 Aug 2022 08:40 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2023 03:00 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/46825 |
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