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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"pathological gambling"”.
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Behavioral and neurological investigations into pathological gambling as a behavioral addiction
… behavioral levels of analysis in the context of pathological gambling. A thoroughgoing analysis on previous gambling research was explored and discussed in the first four chapters. Specifically, this analysis outlines: similarities between pathological gambling and other substance addictions, new …
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Clinical profile and psychiatric comorbidity of treatment seeking individuals with pathological gambling in South Africa.
Background: Pathological gambling is a prevalent and disabling mental illness, which is frequently associated with mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders. However, there is relatively little data on comorbidity in individuals with pathological gambling from low and middle income countries such …
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A Qualitative Study of the Deveopment and Maintenance of Pathological Gambling in Females: And Making the Choice to Recover
dvisor: Sherri Turner. 1 computer file (PDF); v, 91 pages.
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Parameters of undergraduate gambling
… of Nevada, Las Vegas were surveyed about gambling behavior. Over 92% of the students under 21 years of age had gambled, with over 50% having gambled in a casino, and 22% gambled weekly. As measured by the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), 11.2% of the sample scored in the pathological …
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Casino employee gambling behavior
This study described the gambling behavior and the prevalence of problem and pathological gambling among casino employees. Casino employees (N = 271) from a local Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada completed self-report questionnaires, which included The South Oaks Gambling Screen (Lesieur and …
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The clinical and social construction of pathological gamblers in Macau
… and clinical characteristics of a group of pathological gamblers in Macau known as Paichai (扒仔). This study recruited participants from the casinos in Macau. Fifteen participants, all active gamblers and ranging in age from 24 to 53 years, were recruited and were repeatedly observed and …
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Exposure to a computer-hosted cognitive-behavioral intervention for pathological gambling: Impact on gambling symptomatology and disclosure of gambling participation in required counseling for adults receiving opiate substitution therapy for heroin addiction
<p>This study examined the prevalence of pathological gambling (PG) in an urban methadone-maintenance population (<em>n=</em>125<em>) </em>using the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS). In addition, those meeting criteria for PG, and other inclusion criteria <em>(n</em>=42), were randomly assigned to …
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Gambling by college students: Personality characteristics and acceptability of internet-based treatment
<p>Personality disorders are associated with Pathological Gambling (PG) among adults. Little is known, however, about these symptoms in college-student gamblers. In addition, little is known about the current prevalence or treatment preferences of college gamblers. An online survey of gambling …
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Gambling-associated behaviors of adolescent male and female populations
… or not there were differences in terms of gambling frequency, types of gambling activities, and gambling-associated behaviors that could develop into pathological gambling, as defined by the American Psychiatric Association for those identified gambling groups. The multicultural sampled …
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An Examination of Correlates of Video Game and Internet Addiction
… justifies the use of criteria modified from pathological gambling (also a type of behavioral addiction) to examine problematic video game play. The goal of the current study was to identify correlates of addiction to electronic media. Two studies were conducted. In Study 1, adults completed …
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Choice Overload and Maximization: Implications for Disordered Gambling
As legalized gambling venues continue to emerge throughout the United States, the already present problem of pathological gambling is likely to evolve in to a great issue of social concern. The vast body of literature on the effects of choice and choice overload, or the experience of negative side …
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Exploring the Underlying Psychological Processes of Gambling Behaviour: Individual and Contextual Factors
High levels of impulsivity, positive gambling attitudes, and positive gambling beliefs are identified as risk factors for pathological gambling and related symptoms in numerous surveys and naturalistic studies. However, there remains a need for experimental studies, as we know little about how the …
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Can videogames be addicting? An investigation into the specific game features and personal characteristics associated with problematic videogame playing
… primarily relies on comparisons between PVGP and pathological gambling, utilizing modified measures of the latter to assess the former. To date, no studies have attempted to adapt the diagnostic criteria for substance use disorder (SUD) in an effort to understand PVGP within the context of …
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Integrating Buddhist practices and principles into mental health settings: a mixed method investigation
… of mental health issues including schizophrenia, pathological gambling, work addiction, and work-related stress. However, perhaps of greater significance, findings demonstrate that if Western research and mental health disciplines truly wish to assimilate and make use of Buddhist practices as part …
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A SOCIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF JUVENILE FRUIT MACHINE GAMBLING IN A SEASIDE TOWN
… is to develop a standard measure of addiction to gambling in children which could be used to estimate the extent of dependency among children aged 11 to 16 years. The second focusses upon patterns of usage and seeks to understand the various meanings which children attach to fruit machine gambling …
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Neuroanatomical structural correlates of nonmotor symptoms in patients with movement disorders
… A second comparison between ICD patients with Pathological gambling (PG) versus PD patients without ICD and healthy controls was performed, to examine the features in PG population with PD. A group of 47 PD patients with ICD (ICD) and 16 patients with PG were recruited. Moreover, a group of …
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Unmasking Impulsivity as a Glutamatergic Dysfunction Phenomenon: Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Considerations
… disorders, such as bipolar disorder, pathological gambling, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, obesity, etc. Characterized as action without thinking, impulsive behavior is recognized as a complex, behavioral endophenotype with multiple dimensions extending into motor activity, …
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Ruolo dei neurosteroidi nella modulazione dopaminergica
… aimed at capturing critical behavioral aspect of gambling disorder, namely the preference for large, uncertain rewards, rather than small certain rewards.
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Neural systems involved in delay and risk assessment in the rat
… of a number of psychiatric disorders, including pathological gambling and some personality disorders. The AcbC, part of the ventral striatum, is required for normal preference for a large, delayed reward over a small, immediate reward (self-controlled choice) in rats, but the reason for this is …