Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, Coping, and Dysfunctional Psychological Symptoms in Family Members of People with Ga
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Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, Coping, and Dysfunctional Psychological Symptoms in Family Members of People with Gambling Disorder Ana Estevez 1 & Paula Jauregui 1 Mark Griffiths 2
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# Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019
Abstract Gambling disorder not only affects those who suffer from it but also has consequences for their families. Considering such repercussions are often understudied, and the aim of the present study was to evaluate the main differences between family members of people with gambling disorder (GDFMs) and those with no relatives diagnosed with gambling disorder (nonGDFMs). The variables examined in the present study included emotion regulation, coping strategies, depression, and anxiety. The sample (N = 203) was divided into two groups. This comprised a clinical group (n = 89 participants, 43.8% of the sample), with 69.7% of women (Mage = 48.63, SD = 13.36), and a community sample (i.e., no gambling-related problems in their family; n = 114, representing 56.2% of the sample), containing 64% of women (Mage = 35.89, SD = 11.45). Results showed that GDFMs scored significantly higher than non-GDFMs (i) on anxiety and depression scales, (ii) on difficulties in emotion regulation, and (iii) on maladaptive coping strategies. Additionally, difficulties in emotion regulation and coping strategies correlated with anxiety and depression. Regression analyses showed that difficulties in emotion regulation and coping strategies predicted anxiety and depression for GDFMs. These findings highlight the importance of including family members as part of the target group in gambling disorder treatment protocols. Keywords Gambling disorder . Family . Depression . Emotion regulation . Coping strategies Gambling disorder (GD) has increasingly become an issue of public health with serious implications for those who suffer from it (Capetillo-Ventura and Jalil-Pérez 2014).
* Paula Jauregui [email protected]
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Personality, Assessment and Treatment Department - Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
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Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Although the gambler is the primary recipient of the suffering, close family members also experience the secondary detrimental consequences of GD (Wenzel et al. 2008). The problems derived from GD have mid- and long-term effects on the daily lives of family members (Ferland et al. 2008; Black et al. 2012). GD-related problems have an impact, on average, on more than one family member (Wenzel et al. 2008). Recent research estimates the average number of individuals affected by an adult with GD is six (Goodwin et al. 2017; although the number of individuals affected by an adolescent with GD is usually lower at two to four [Griffiths 2002]), involving varying degrees of severity depending on how close the family members are, and their relationship with the gambler (Fernández-Montalvo
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