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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Autores principales: Vera, Belén del Valle, Caneto, Florencia, Tuzinkievich, Francisco Benjamín, Garimaldi, Javier Alejandro
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/6361
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Sumario: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.