Sentences with phrase «by pathological gambling»
If they are affected by pathological gambling, females are more likely to gamble in the lottery or casinos.
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A study by University of Iowa researchers confirms that pathological gambling runs in families and shows that first - degree relatives of pathological gamblers are eight times more likely to develop this problem in their lifetime than relatives of people without pathological gambling.
However, Black was surprised by the connection between pathological gambling and social anxiety and PTSD connection.
These behaviors appeared to be explained mostly by genetic factors, suggesting that there is a genetic vulnerability for developing antisocial behaviors which may also lead to addictive behaviors such as pathological gambling (Slutske, et al., 2001).
A main personality risk factor covered by Kory Sinha in his paper «Factors Contributing to the Development of Pathological Gambling» was impulsivity.
To measure respondents» level of pathological gaming, we used a seven - item game addiction scale developed by Lemmens et al. (2009), which is based on the DSM IV - criteria for pathological gambling previously adapted by Griffiths (2005).