Personality factors as predictors of pathological gambling |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA;2. Substance Abuse Research Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA;3. Center for Gambling Studies, Rutgers University, 536 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA;4. Department of Psychology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, B550 Loeb Building, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada;1. Institut de Psychologie, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire de France, Boulogne Billancourt, France;2. Laboratoire EA 4139 Psychologie, Santé et Qualité de Vie, Université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France;3. French Institute for Health Promotion and Health Education (INPES), Saint-Denis, France;4. French Monitoring Center on Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT), Paris, France;5. Cermes3—Cesames team (Research Centre Medicine, Sciences, Health, Mental Health, Health Policy), Paris, France;6. René Descartes Paris V University, CNRS, UMR 8211, INSERM, U988, EHESS, Paris, France;1. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA;2. Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;3. Department of Psychiatry, University of UK, & Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom;1. Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Canada;2. Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Canada;3. Impulse Control Disorders Outpatient Unit, Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between different personality variables and pathological gambling (PG). The NEO-FFI and measures of impulsivity and sensation-seeking were administered to a sample of pathological gamblers (n = 90) and to a contrast group of non-pathological gamblers (n = 66) matched on sex and age. Gender, age, education level and the personality variables were entered into crude and adjusted logistic regression analyses with PG-status as the dependent variable. The results showed that educational level and all personality variables were significant predictors of PG in the crude analyses, however only four of the 12 significant predictor variables (Neuroticism, Openness, Impulsivity, and need for Stimulus Intensity) remained significant in the adjusted analysis. All predictor variables accounted for 71% of the variance in PG-status. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed. |
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