Sentences with phrase «on pathological gambling»

Mazza wrote a well thought - out peer commentary that elaborated on the impact of sensation seeking on pathological gambling.

Studies were included if they assessed the effect of psychological interventions on pathological gambling behaviour, and provided enough data to calculate effect sizes.

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Steele, who speaks in Albany on Thursday, adds the presence of casinos has created a gambling culture that has skewed the region's economy toward low - paying service jobs and has resulted in a spike in problem and pathological gamblers.

When the researchers repeated the analysis to focus on problem gambling − a larger group of people than those with the more narrowly defined pathological gambling − they found that 16 percent of relatives of the pathological gamblers were problem gamblers compared to 3 percent of relatives of controls.

Rates of problem gambling remained in the 3.5 to 5.5 percent range, depending on the measure used, and rates of pathological gambling were in the 1.0 to 2.4 percent range.

The authors clearly define the factors that distinguish recreational from pathological gambling and explore the reasons why compulsive gambling is on the rise.

Hollander et al used a double blind, placebo controlled design to examine the efficacy of a 10 week treatment of lithium on the clinical and cognitive features of gambling in pathological gamblers with bipolar spectrum disorder.

As many as two million Americans are «pathological gamblers,» according to the National Council on Problem Gambling, with as many as another six million Americans considered «problem gamblers, people whose gambling affects their everyday livesGambling, with as many as another six million Americans considered «problem gamblers, people whose gambling affects their everyday livesgambling affects their everyday lives.»

Because there has been a relatively small amount of in - depth research on gambling problems and pathological gambling, it is somewhat tougher to discuss all the factors and causes definitively.

Future research on factors contributing to pathological gambling should also take into consideration the interactions between factors, such as the interaction between impulsivity and sensation seeking.

People start on the path to pathological gambling for many reasons — financial problems, the gambler's fallacy, upbringing, etc. — but what determines whether one will become a problem gambler is how one deals with the addictiveness of gambling and the emotions gambling evokes.

So I strongly agree with the author's viewpoint on coping strategies as a reason for pathological gambling, as will be seen from my next point.

This article therefore proposes a critical review of (1) the literature providing a better understanding of the complex interactions between the couple relationship and pathological gambling, (2) studies on the effects of couple therapies on gamblers and their partners.

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).

Based on the definition for pathological gambling from the DSM (APA 2000), pathological gaming is defined as the persistent and recurrent inability to control excessive gaming habits despite associated social and / or emotional problems (Lemmens et al. 2009).