The impact of gambling advertising on gambling severity: a path analysis of factors of psychological distress in individuals with gambling disorder

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Lopez-Gonzalez, Hibai [1 ]
Granero, Roser [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando [3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ]
Griffiths, Mark D. [7 ]
Jimenez-Murcia, Susana [3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Barcelona, Dept Lib Informat Sci & Commun, Barcelona, Spain
[2] Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Dept Psychobiol & Methodol, Barcelona, Spain
[3] Bellvitge Biomed Res Inst IDIBELL, Neurosci Programme, Psychoneurobiol Eating & Addict Behav Grp, Barcelona, Spain
[4] Inst Salud Carlos III, Ciber Physiopathol Obes & Nutr CIBERObn, Barcelona, Spain
[5] Bellvitge Biomed Res Inst IDIBELL, Bellvitge Univ Hosp, Clin Psychol Dept, Barcelona, Spain
[6] Univ Barcelona, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Dept Clin Sci, Barcelona, Spain
[7] Nottingham Trent Univ, Psychol Dept, Int Res Gambling Unit, Nottingham, England
来源
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY | 2025年 / 16卷
关键词
gambling advertising; gambling disorder; path analysis; clinical setting; impulsivity; emotion regulation; EMOTION REGULATION; EXPOSURE; ADVERTISEMENTS; ATTITUDES; BEHAVIOR; DIFFICULTIES; IMPULSIVITY; VALIDATION; PROMOTIONS; GAMBLERS;
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10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1523906
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Background There is a consensus in the literature that gambling advertising disproportionately affects those experiencing higher gambling severity. However, the relationship of gambling advertising and severity is typically assessed among samples recruited from online panels using screening tools as the method to categorize the gambling severity status of participants. Alternatively, other studies use small groups of gamblers (i.e., qualitative studies). The present paper reports findings from a sample of gamblers diagnosed with gambling disorder by professional clinicians via individual interviews. The study investigated the association between gambling advertising and gambling severity by looking at other psychologically relevant variables such as impulsivity, emotion regulation, and general psychopathology.Methods A sample of 210 consecutive treatment-seeking patients was recruited from a public hospital from June 2019 to January 2021. A path analysis model was run to determine the relationship between the variables. Gambling advertising was constructed as a latent variable, comprising the perceived impact of gambling advertising, persuasion knowledge, and the attitudes towards gambling advertising.Results Gamblers with greater gambling severity reported higher perceived impact of gambling advertising, and more positive attitudes toward gambling advertising. Gambling advertising was a mediator in the paths between emotion regulation and gambling severity, and between impulsivity and gambling severity.Conclusion The study demonstrates among individuals with verified gambling disorder that there is a relationship between gambling advertising and gambling severity. Regulators have an empirical basis on which to restrict the exposure to gambling advertising of vulnerable groups.
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