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Relating severity of gambling to cognitive distortions in a representative sample of problem gamblers

Author(s) -

John Cunningham,

David C. Hodgins,

Tony Toneatto

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of gambling issues

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341

H-Index - 12

ISSN - 1910-7595

DOI - 10.4309/jgi.2014.29.2

Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , gambling disorder , sample (material) , population , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , addiction , medicine , psychotherapist , environmental health , chemistry , chromatography

The current study explored the relationship in a general population sample between problem gambling severity and cognitive distortions about gambling. A representative sample of problem gamblers (N = 766) was asked about cognitive distortions related to gambling. A positive association between gambling severity and cognitive distortions emerged, even when the variables associated with participants' demographic characteristics were accounted for. The current study demonstrates that the relationship between problem gambling severity and cognitive distortions does exist in the general population of problem gamblers. This finding emphasizes the key role that cognitive distortions may play in the development and maintenance of pathological gambling.

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