Prevalence of gambling, depressive syntomps and cognitive distortions in university youth
The aim of this paper was to analyze the presence of depressive symptoms and cognitive distortions in a sample of undergraduate students and investigate the possible relationship with severity of gambling disorders. To this aim, a sample of 277 local students (66.8 % women) between 18 and 35 years c...
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author | Vera, Belén del Valle Caneto, Florencia Tuzinkievich, Francisco Benjamín Garimaldi, Javier Alejandro |
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description | The aim of this paper was to analyze the presence of depressive symptoms and cognitive distortions in a sample of undergraduate students and investigate the possible relationship with severity of gambling disorders. To this aim, a sample of 277 local students (66.8 % women) between 18 and 35 years completed the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), a Gambling Prevalence Questionnaire, the Gambling Belief Questionnaire Spanish Version (GBQ-S) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). No differences in depression symptoms were found depending on gambling frequency and SOGS´s scores. The presence of cognitive distortions in less severe forms of gambling disorders was corroborated. Cognitive distortions’ levels increased with increasing severity and frequency of gambling. |
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spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-63612019-05-27T19:15:25Z Prevalence of gambling, depressive syntomps and cognitive distortions in university youth Prevalencia de juegos de apuestas, síntomas depresivos y distorsiones cognitivas en jóvenes universitarios Vera, Belén del Valle Caneto, Florencia Tuzinkievich, Francisco Benjamín Garimaldi, Javier Alejandro gambling disorders cognitive distortions depressive symptoms gambling frequency trastornos de juegos de apuestas distorsiones cognitivas síntomas depresivos frecuencia de juego adicciones juegos de apuestas estudiantes universitarios The aim of this paper was to analyze the presence of depressive symptoms and cognitive distortions in a sample of undergraduate students and investigate the possible relationship with severity of gambling disorders. To this aim, a sample of 277 local students (66.8 % women) between 18 and 35 years completed the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), a Gambling Prevalence Questionnaire, the Gambling Belief Questionnaire Spanish Version (GBQ-S) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). No differences in depression symptoms were found depending on gambling frequency and SOGS´s scores. The presence of cognitive distortions in less severe forms of gambling disorders was corroborated. Cognitive distortions’ levels increased with increasing severity and frequency of gambling. El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar la presencia de síntomas depresivos y de distorsiones cognitivas en una muestra de estudiantes locales e indagar sobre la posible relación con la severidad en los trastornos relacionados a los juegos de apuestas. Para ello, una muestra de 277 estudiantes universitarios y terciarios (66.8% mujeres) de entre 18 y 35 años, completó el South Oaks Gambling Screen(SOGS), el Cuestionario de Prevalencia de Juegos de Apuestas, el Gambling Belief Questionnare Spanish Version (GBQ-S) y el Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). No se encontraron diferencias significativas en la depresión en función del puntaje en el SOGS y de la frecuencia de juego. Se corroboró la presencia de distorsiones cognitivas en formas menos severas de trastornos de juego y un incremento de las mismas a medida que aumentan la severidad y la frecuencia de juego. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2014-08-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion descriptivo-correlacional application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/6361 10.32348/1852.4206.v6.n2.6361 Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2014): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 55-64 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; Vol. 6 Núm. 2 (2014): Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; 55-64 1852-4206 10.32348/1852.4206.v6.n2 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/6361/Vera Derechos de autor 2014 Belén del Valle Vera, Florencia Caneto, Francisco Benjamín Tuzinkievich, Javier Alejandro Garimaldi |
spellingShingle | gambling disorders cognitive distortions depressive symptoms gambling frequency trastornos de juegos de apuestas distorsiones cognitivas síntomas depresivos frecuencia de juego adicciones juegos de apuestas estudiantes universitarios Vera, Belén del Valle Caneto, Florencia Tuzinkievich, Francisco Benjamín Garimaldi, Javier Alejandro Prevalence of gambling, depressive syntomps and cognitive distortions in university youth |
title | Prevalence of gambling, depressive syntomps and cognitive distortions in university youth |
title_alt | Prevalencia de juegos de apuestas, síntomas depresivos y distorsiones cognitivas en jóvenes universitarios |
title_full | Prevalence of gambling, depressive syntomps and cognitive distortions in university youth |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of gambling, depressive syntomps and cognitive distortions in university youth |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of gambling, depressive syntomps and cognitive distortions in university youth |
title_short | Prevalence of gambling, depressive syntomps and cognitive distortions in university youth |
title_sort | prevalence of gambling depressive syntomps and cognitive distortions in university youth |
topic | gambling disorders cognitive distortions depressive symptoms gambling frequency trastornos de juegos de apuestas distorsiones cognitivas síntomas depresivos frecuencia de juego adicciones juegos de apuestas estudiantes universitarios |
topic_facet | gambling disorders cognitive distortions depressive symptoms gambling frequency trastornos de juegos de apuestas distorsiones cognitivas síntomas depresivos frecuencia de juego adicciones juegos de apuestas estudiantes universitarios |
url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/6361 |
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