Beyond cognitive distortions: the mediating role of passion between erroneous cognitions and gambling severity.

IF 1.6 4区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Australian Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2026-09-07 eCollection Date: 2026-01-01 DOI:10.1080/00049530.2026.2726226

Chris James Serafim, Ebony Sans, Adam Gunnoo

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Abstract

Objective: While erroneous gambling cognitions and gambling passion (harmonious and obsessive) are recognised as key factors underpinning an individual's gambling, limited research has examined whether passion explains how cognitive distortions relate to gambling severity.

Method: Using structural equation modelling (SEM), authors evaluated the indirect paths of harmonious and obsessive passion between three key erroneous gambling cognitions among 630 gamblers aged between 18 and 73 years (M_age = 38.56, SD_age = 11.52). .

Results: Controlling for gambling preference, frequency, and social desirability, predictive control exhibited a significant negative indirect path to gambling severity via harmonious passion, whereas obsessive passion positively mediated the relationship between illusion of control, interpretive bias, and gambling severity. Furthermore, obsessive passion significantly (negatively) moderated the relationship between interpretive bias and gambling severity.

Conclusion: Findings suggest that when individuals overestimate predictive control, they may cognitively minimise risks associated with their gambling. Additionally, internal pressure from obsessive passion could inflate perceived control over random outcomes and heighten the tendency to attribute outcomes to skill. Moderation results indicated obsessive passion may exert a stronger influence on gambling severity than interpretive bias. Overall, findings highlight the need to target both gambling cognitions and passion when addressing an individual's gambling severity.

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超越认知扭曲：激情在错误认知和赌博严重性之间的中介作用。

虽然错误的赌博认知和赌博激情（和谐和强迫性）被认为是支持个人赌博的关键因素，但有限的研究已经检验了激情是否解释了认知扭曲与赌博严重程度的关系。方法：采用结构方程模型（SEM），对630名年龄在18 ~ 73岁的赌徒（Mage = 38.56, SDage = 11.52）的三种关键错误赌博认知之间的和谐激情和强迫性激情的间接路径进行了评价。结果：在控制赌博偏好、频率和社会期望的情况下，预测性控制通过和谐激情对赌博严重程度表现出显著的负向间接影响，而强迫性激情在控制幻觉、解释偏见和赌博严重程度之间表现出显著的正向中介作用。此外，强迫性激情显著（负向）调节了解释偏见与赌博严重程度的关系。结论：研究结果表明，当个体高估预测控制时，他们可能会在认知上最小化与赌博相关的风险。此外，来自强迫性激情的内部压力可能会增加对随机结果的感知控制，并增加将结果归因于技能的倾向。适度结果表明，强迫性激情对赌博严重程度的影响大于解释性偏见。总的来说，研究结果强调，在解决个人赌博严重程度时，需要同时针对赌博认知和激情。

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Australian Journal of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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