Investigation of impulsivity in a sample of treatment-seeking pathological gamblers: A multidimensional perspective

Emotion; Impulsivity; Inhibition; Pathological gambling; Problem gambling; UPPS Impulsive Behaviour Scale; Adult; Case-Control Studies; Female; Gambling; Humans; Impulsive Behavior; Inhibition (Psychology); Male; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Psychomotor Performance; Self Report; Severity of Illness Index

Abstract :

[en] Numerous studies have shown that problem gambling is characterised by lack of impulse control. However, they have often been conducted without considering the multifaceted nature of impulsivity and related psychological mechanisms. The current study aims to disentangle which impulsivity facets are altered in pathological gambling. Twenty treatment-seeking pathological gamblers (PGs) and 20 matched control participants completed a self-reported questionnaire measuring the various facets of impulsive behaviours (UPPS Impulsive Behaviour Scale), as well as two laboratory tasks assessing inhibitory control (the go-stop task) and tolerance for delayed rewards (single key impulsivity paradigm). Compared with matched controls, PGs exhibited higher urgency, lower premeditation, impairment in prepotent inhibition, and lower tolerance towards delayed rewards. Nevertheless, complementary profile analyses showed that impulsivity-related deficits found in PGs are highly heterogeneous, and that some PGs are neither impulsive in the impulsivity facets assessed nor impaired in the cognitive mechanisms measured. These findings underscore (1) the necessity to disentangle the construct of impulsivity into lower-order components and (2) that further studies should take into account, in addition to impulsivity-related mechanisms, other psychological factors potentially involved in pathological gambling. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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Neurosciences & behavior

Author, co-author :

Billieux, Joël; Psychological Sciences Research Institute, University of Louvain-La-Neuve, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Lagrange, Guillaume; Mediterranean Inst. of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Center of Scientific Research, Univ. of Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France, Service de Psychiatrie Adultes, CHU Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France

Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie

Lançon, Christophe; Service de Psychiatrie Adultes, CHU Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France

Adida, Marc; Mediterranean Inst. of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Center of Scientific Research, Univ. of Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France, Service de Psychiatrie Adultes, CHU Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France

Jeanningros, Régine; Mediterranean Inst. of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Center of Scientific Research, Univ. of Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France, Service de Psychiatrie Adultes, CHU Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France

Language :

English

Title :

Investigation of impulsivity in a sample of treatment-seeking pathological gamblers: A multidimensional perspective

Publication date :

2012

Journal title :

Psychiatry Research

ISSN :

0165-1781

eISSN :

1872-7123

Publisher :

North-Holland Biomedical Press, Netherlands
Elsevier, Netherlands

Volume :

198

Issue :

Pages :

291-296

Peer reviewed :

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Funders :

CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
NCSR - National Council for Scientific Research

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