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Impulsivity in pathological gambling: the antisocial impulsivist

A Blaszczynski1, Z Steel, N McConaghy

  • 1School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Addiction (Abingdon, England)
|January 1, 1997
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Impulsivity is linked to the severity of psychological and behavioral changes in pathological gambling. This impulsivity construct appears to be closely related to psychopathy, influencing distress levels in gamblers.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Impulsivity is under-researched in pathological gambling.
  • Recent claims suggest impulsivity characterizes a subgroup of pathological gamblers, potentially linked to Multi-Impulse Personality Disorder.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the role of impulsivity in pathological gambling.
  • To investigate the relationship between impulsivity, psychopathy, and psychological distress.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Eysenck Impulsivity Scale.
  • Assessed 115 pathological gamblers.
  • Correlated impulsivity with measures of psychopathy and psychological distress.

Main Results:

  • Heightened impulsivity correlates with increased severity of psychological and behavioral changes in pathological gamblers.

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  • Impulsivity measures show high intercorrelations with psychopathy indicators (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Psychoticism, California Personality Inventory Socialization, DSM-III Antisocial Personality Disorder).
  • Impulsivity and psychopathy predict psychological distress levels.

    • Conclusions:

    • Supports a model where an impulsivity/psychopathy construct mediates behavioral and psychological disturbances in pathological gambling.
    • Suggests a unified impulsivity/psychopathy construct is relevant to understanding pathological gambling severity.