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Narcissistic implications in gambling disorder: the mediating role of emotion dysregulation

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Rogier, Guyonne, Velotti, Patrizia·2018·Journal of Gambling Studies
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Gambling Disorder (GD) is a complex psychopathology involving a numbers of cognitive, behavioral, emotional and neurobiological determinants. Previous research suggests that GD may frequently co-occur with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. However, there is still a lack of study investigating Pathological Narcissism (PN) in both its vulnerable and grandiose facets among clinical population. Moreover, emotional dysregulation is commonly thought to underlie GD albeit research on this topic remains poor. The present study aims to investigate the role of both vulnerable and grandiose narcissism in relation to GD as well as the mediator role played by emotion dysregulation in such link. We administered to a sample of addicted gamblers (n = 74) and a sample of heathy controls (n = 105), the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Differences across groups emerged on the scores obtained on the PNI and DERS. Moreover, we found positive associations between SOGS scores and both PNI and DERS. Also, strategic addicted gamblers showed higher levels of vulnerable narcissism compared to others. Finally, emotion dysregulation difficulties appeared to fully mediate the relationship between grandiose narcissism and GD severity. Grandiose and vulnerable narcissism appear important variables involved in GD. Also, emotion regulation deficits seem to account for GD and to explain the pathways by which grandiose narcissism leads to GD. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed.

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  • Emotional regulation difficulties play an important role in the relationship between gambling and other psychopathologies.

    “Emotional regulation difficulties have been shown to play an important role in the relationship between these pathologies (Jauregui et al., 2016; Rogier and Velotti, 2018; Marchica et al., 2019).”

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Authors
Rogier, G., & Velotti, P.
Affiliations
  • Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
  • University of Genoa (IT)
Corresponding author
Velotti, Patrizia
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Venue
Journal of Gambling Studies
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-02-17
Volume
34
Issue
4
Pages
1241-1260
ISSN
  • 1050-5350 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3602
DOI
10.1007/s10899-018-9759-x
OpenAlex
W2785552686
Cited by
50
References
85
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FWCI
9.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Gambling Studies (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
gambling addiction, pathological narcissism, vulnerable narcissism, grandiose narcissism, emotional dysregulation, mediation
MeSH terms
Adult, Delusions, Female, Gambling, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Narcissism, Personality Inventory, Psychopathology, Stress, Psychological, Behavior, Addictive, Mood Disorders

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