Gambling Problems and Alexithymia: A Systematic Review.
alexithymia
community and clinical samples
gambling
review
Journal
Brain sciences
ISSN: 2076-3425
Titre abrégé: Brain Sci
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101598646
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 Aug 2019
07 Aug 2019
Historique:
received:
28
06
2019
revised:
05
08
2019
accepted:
06
08
2019
entrez:
10
8
2019
pubmed:
10
8
2019
medline:
10
8
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Among the factors that are thought to underlie gambling problems, alexithymia has been recognized to contribute to their development. For the first time, we reviewed the literature on the relationship between alexithymia and gambling. A systematic search of literature was run in the major reference databases including PubMed, Cochrane Database for Systematic Review, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Scopus until April 2019. The search produced 182 articles that produced 20 papers included in the review. Fourteen studies were conducted with community samples of pathological gamblers while six studies with clinical samples of disordered gamblers. All studies assessed alexithymia with the Toronto Alexithymia Scale while gambling problems were assessed mostly with the South Oaks Gambling Screen. Alexithymic features were significantly more prevalent in pathological gamblers both at the community and clinical levels, increased symptom severity, and showed interactive mechanisms with personality, psychiatric, and cognitive factors. Alexithymia is likely to associate with gambling as a coping behavior to increase emotional arousal and avoid negative emotions, according to the affect dysregulation model. Further studies are needed to widen the knowledge on this association.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31394857
pii: brainsci9080191
doi: 10.3390/brainsci9080191
pmc: PMC6721389
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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