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01-12-2015 | Original Paper

Subtypes of Pathological Gambling with Concurrent Illegal Behaviors

Authors: Roser Granero, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Neus Aymamí, Mónica Gómez-Peña, Ana Beatriz Fagundo, Sarah Sauchelli, Amparo del Pino-Gutiérrez, Laura Moragas, Lamprini G. Savvidou, Mohammed A. Islam, Salomé Tàrrega, José M. Menchón, Susana Jiménez-Murcia

Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies | Issue 4/2015

Abstract

The aims of this study are: to explore empirical clusters in a sample of individuals with a gambling disorder (GD) according to the presence of illegal behaviors, to describe the subgroups at a clinical level and to examine whether a temporal change has taken place across the last 9 years. The sample consisted of 378 patients with a GD who consecutively received outpatient treatment, and who reported the presence of the DSM-IV criteria “presence of illegal behavior”. Two-step clustering procedure revealed the existence of four empirical groups, which differed in both sociodemographic and clinical profiles. The patients, who have committed illegal acts due to their gambling behavior, are a heterogeneous group in which it is possible to identify different subtypes, based on sociodemographic, psychopathological, clinical and personality characteristics.

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Title: Subtypes of Pathological Gambling with Concurrent Illegal Behaviors
Authors: Roser Granero
Fernando Fernández-Aranda
Neus Aymamí
Mónica Gómez-Peña
Ana Beatriz Fagundo
Sarah Sauchelli
Amparo del Pino-Gutiérrez
Laura Moragas
Lamprini G. Savvidou
Mohammed A. Islam
Salomé Tàrrega
José M. Menchón
Susana Jiménez-Murcia
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Gambling Studies / Issue 4/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3602
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-014-9499-5

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