Desire Thinking About Gambling: Assessment and Associations With Gambling Disorder and Responsible Gambling Among Chinese Gamblers.

IF 2.4 3区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Journal of Gambling Studies Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-17 DOI:10.1007/s10899-024-10313-7
Juliet Honglei Chen, Marcantonio M Spada, Haofeng Ling, Kwok Kit Tong, Anise M S Wu
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Abstract

Desire thinking, within the metacognitive model of addictive behaviors, is conceptualized as a transdiagnostic process linked to the escalation and maintenance of craving for various addictive disorders; however, its application to the understanding of gambling and the Chinese community remains at an early stage. The present study aimed to introduce desire thinking into gambling research in the Chinese context by: (1) testing the applicability of its two-factor conceptualization and assessment tool, the Desire Thinking Questionnaire (DTQ), and (2) exploring its association with dysregulated and regulated engagements in gambling (i.e., Gambling Disorder [GD] and responsible gambling [RG], respectively). We conducted a telephone survey in Macao, China, and obtained a probability sample of 837 Chinese adult past-year gamblers (48.5% men; age: M = 41.11, SD = 14.31) with a two-stage cluster random sampling method. Our data indicated the psychometric adequacy of the two-factor DTQ (i.e., verbal perseveration and imaginal prefiguration) for measuring Chinese gamblers' desire thinking about gambling. After controlling for craving and demographics, desire thinking contributed to an additional 12.1% and 18.9% variance explained in GD tendency and RG behaviors, respectively. This study provides the first empirical evidence of the utility of desire thinking and the DTQ in facilitating gambling research on Chinese gamblers. Our findings also suggest the value of incorporating desire thinking in detecting and treating GD and in promoting RG.

关于赌博的欲望思维:中国赌徒的赌博障碍评估及其与负责任赌博的关联。
在成瘾行为的元认知模型中,欲望思维被概念化为与各种成瘾性疾病的渴求升级和维持相关的跨诊断过程;然而,将其应用于对赌博和中国社会的理解仍处于早期阶段。本研究旨在通过以下方法将欲望思维引入中国的赌博研究中:(1)测试欲望思维的双因素概念和评估工具--欲望思维问卷(DTQ)的适用性;(2)探讨欲望思维与赌博失调和赌博规范(即分别为赌博失调[GD]和负责任赌博[RG])的关联。我们在中国澳门进行了一次电话调查,采用两阶段整群随机抽样方法,获得了837名中国成年赌徒(48.5%为男性;年龄:男=41.11,女=14.31)的概率样本。我们的数据表明,双因素DTQ(即言语持久性和想象预构)在测量中国赌徒的赌博欲望思维方面具有良好的心理测量学效果。在控制了渴求和人口统计学因素后,欲望思维分别为GD倾向和RG行为提供了12.1%和18.9%的额外解释变量。本研究首次提供了实证证据,证明了欲望思维和 DTQ 在促进针对中国赌徒的赌博研究方面的作用。我们的研究结果还表明,在检测和治疗 GD 以及促进 RG 的过程中,融入欲望思维具有重要价值。
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期刊介绍: Journal of Gambling Studies is an interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination on the many aspects of gambling behavior, both controlled and pathological, as well as variety of problems attendant to, or resultant from, gambling behavior including alcoholism, suicide, crime, and a number of other mental health problems. Articles published in this journal are representative of a cross-section of disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, sociology, political science, criminology, and social work.
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