Does gender moderate the subjective measurement and structural paths in behavioural and cognitive aspects of gambling disorder in treatment-seeking adults? Smith, David, Battersby, Malcolm and Harvey, Peter 2015, Does gender moderate the subjective measurement and structural paths in behavioural and cognitive aspects of gambling disorder in treatment-seeking adults?, Addictive behaviors, vol. 48, pp. 12-18. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Does gender moderate the subjective measurement and structural paths in behavioural and cognitive aspects of gambling disorder in treatment-seeking adults? Author(s) Smith, David Battersby, Malcolm Harvey, Peter orcid.org/0000-0003-2983-663X Journal name Addictive behaviors Volume number 48 Start page 12 End page 18 Total pages 7 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2015-09 Keyword(s) gambling disorder gambling urge gambling cognitions gender moderation structural equation modelling Summary Introduction Gender differences have been observed in the pathogenesis of gambling disorder and gambling related urge and cognitions are predictive of relapse to problem gambling. A better understanding of these mechanisms concurrently may help in the development of more directed therapies. Methods We evaluated gender effects on behavioural and cognitive paths to gambling disorder from self-report data. Participants (N = 454) were treatment-seeking problem gamblers on first presentation to a gambling therapy service between January 2012 and December 2014. We firstly investigated if aspects of gambling related urge, cognitions (interpretive bias and gambling expectancies) and gambling severity were more central to men than women. Subsequently, a full structural equation model tested if gender moderated behavioural and cognitive paths to gambling severity. Results Men (n = 280, mean age = 37.4 years, SD = 11.4) were significantly younger than women (n = 174, mean age = 48.7 years, SD = 12.9) (p < 0.001). There was no gender difference in conceptualising latent constructs of problem gambling severity, gambling related urge, interpretive bias and gambling expectancies. The paths for urge to gambling severity and interpretive bias to gambling severity were stronger for men than women and statistically significant (p < 0.001 and p = 0.004, respectively) whilst insignificant for women (p = 0.164 and p = 0.149, respectively). Structural paths for gambling expectancies to gambling severity were insignificant for both men and women. Conclusion This study detected an important signal in terms of theoretical mechanisms to explaining gambling disorder and gender differences. It has implications for treatment development including relapse prevention. Language eng Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 929999 Health not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30079777 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 24 Nov 2015, 13:21:08 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2015, 04:00:17 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2015, 07:57:39 EST Tue, 19 Jan 2016, 11:16:42 EST Wed, 20 Jan 2016, 05:07:07 EST Mon, 11 Jul 2016, 11:07:51 EST Tue, 12 Jul 2016, 13:40:37 EST Fri, 29 Jul 2016, 12:31:00 EST Wed, 12 Oct 2016, 14:18:41 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:25:05 EST Wed, 01 Mar 2017, 07:28:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 48 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 19 Jan 2016, 11:16:42 EST

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