Psychological Characteristics of Problem Gamblers with and without Mood Disorder
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Objective: Problem and pathological gamblers are significantly more likely to experience mood disorders, compared with the general population. Our study examined the relation of psychological characteristics (personality, trait impulsiveness, and gambling motives) to current co-occurring mood disorder (major depression and dysthymia) status among problem and pathological gamblers. Method: Problem and pathological gamblers ( N = 150) underwent a clinical interview to assess current co-occurring mood disorders; participants completed measures of problem gambling severity, personality, impulsiveness, and gambling motives. Results: Problem and pathological gamblers with a current co-occurring mood disorder were more likely to be female, older, and to report higher lifetime and past-year gambling severity. A co-occurring mood disorder was associated with higher personality scores for alienation and stress reaction, lower scores for well-being, social closeness, and control, as well as higher impulsiveness scores for urgency and lack of premeditation, and lower sensation seeking scores. Participants with a co-occurring mood disorder also reported higher coping motives for gambling. Multivariate logistic regression analyses demonstrated that personality factors (lower social closeness and higher alienation) contributed to the greatest likelihood of being diagnosed with a co-occurring mood disorder. Conclusions: Mood disorders frequently co-occur with problem and pathological gambling, and they are associated with greater gambling severity. These findings highlight that interpersonal facets of personality contribute substantially to co-occurring mood disorder status. Implications for treatment will be discussed.
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The onset of a comorbid anxiety or substance use disorder has been significantly associated with endorsing gambling disorder diagnostic criteria.
“The onset of a comorbid anxiety or substance use disorder has been significantly associated with endorsing gambling disorder diagnostic criteria (e.g. “gambling as an escape from negative affect”), supporting the notion that coping may play a significant role in the comorbidity between anxiety, substance use, and gambling disorders (Lister, Milosevic, & Ledgerwood, 2015; Parhami et al., 2014).”
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- Authors
- Lister, J. J., Milosevic, A., & Ledgerwood, D. M.
- Affiliations
- Wayne State University (US)
- Director, Centre for Interpersonal Relationships, Ottawa, Ontario
- Corresponding author
- Lister, Jamey J
- Venue
- The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-08
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 369-376
- ISSN
- 0706-7437 (ISSN-L)
- 1497-0015
- PMC
- PMC4542517
- OpenAlex
- W2409326922
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 8.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wayne State University
- University of Windsor
- Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- problem gambling, gambling addiction, mood disorders, major depressive disorder, dysthymia, personality, impulsivity, gambling motivation, coping motives, gambling severity, social proximity, alienation, sensation seeking, well-being
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Gambling, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Personality, Severity of Illness Index, Comorbidity, Dysthymic Disorder, Young Adult
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