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Symptom Clusters In Individuals Seeking Treatment For Gambling Disorder, Blaine Stiglets
Symptom Clusters In Individuals Seeking Treatment For Gambling Disorder, Blaine Stiglets
International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5) presents the criteria for Gambling Disorder (GD) as a unidimensional construct where each additional symptom corresponds to increased severity. Research has found that many individuals experience addiction symptoms in specific symptom clusters, with membership to one profile of symptoms or other better-representing disorder severity than raw symptom counts. This study sought to explore if similar patterns of symptom clusters exist among adults seeking treatment for gambling harms. The sample included 487 adults (Mage= 44.95) who completed the DSM-5 criteria for GD at intake. Latent …
Etiology And Stability Of Problem Gambling, Robert Williams, Rachel A. Volberg
Etiology And Stability Of Problem Gambling, Robert Williams, Rachel A. Volberg
International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking
Prevention of problem gambling hinges on having research that clearly identifies the variables that are etiologically involved, their temporal sequence, and their causal connections. Longitudinal research is the best way of disentangling the chronology and causal relationships between variables. The present research describes the results of the two major longitudinal studies of gambling in Canada: the Quinte Longitudinal Study (QLS) (n = 4,121) and the Leisure, Lifestyle, Lifecycle Project (LLLP) (n = 1,808). The first part of the presentation describes the stability of gambling classifications over a 5 year period. This is followed by an identification of the univariate and …