Emotional working memory training treatment for young adult problem online sports bettors: a preliminary randomized controlled trial

Shahrajabian, F., Hasani, J., Hodgins, D. and Griffiths, M.D. ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524, 2024. Emotional working memory training treatment for young adult problem online sports bettors: a preliminary randomized controlled trial. Journal of Gambling Studies, 40 (4), pp. 2209-2235. ISSN 1050-5350

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Abstract

One of the key features of gambling disorder (GD) is impairment in cognitive-emotional control. Considering the negative consequences of GD, the present study investigated the effectiveness of emotional working memory training (eWMT) in improving cognitive control, attention, working memory capacity, and cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERS) among young adults with GD compared to a placebo group. Following the initial assessment in the pre-test phase, eligible participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups: experimental (n = 34) and placebo (n = 30). These groups completed eWMT and a feature matching task for 20 sessions respectively. The post-test and follow-up measures indicated that eWMT significantly improved cognitive control, attention, working memory capacity, and the use of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, but it had no significant effect on adaptive CERS. The promising results of the present study suggest the use of eWMT as a new intervention to improve cognitive-emotional control among individuals with online gambling problems.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Gambling Studies
Creators:	Shahrajabian, F., Hasani, J., Hodgins, D. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date:	December 2024
Volume:	40
Number:	4
ISSN:	1050-5350
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s10899-024-10354-y DOI 2235439 Other
Rights:	This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-024-10354-y
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jeremy Silvester
Date Added:	03 Oct 2024 10:06
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2024 09:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52342

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