Authors:
Bieke De Wilde Psychiatrisch Centrum Broeders Alexianen, Boechout, Belgium
Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium

Search for other papers by Bieke De Wilde in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Anneke Goudriaan Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Institute for Addiction Research and Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Arkin, Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Search for other papers by Anneke Goudriaan in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Bernard Sabbe Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium

Search for other papers by Bernard Sabbe in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Wouter Hulstijn Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Search for other papers by Wouter Hulstijn in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
, and
Geert Dom Psychiatrisch Centrum Broeders Alexianen, Boechout, Belgium
Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, Universiteit Antwerpen, Wilrijk, Belgium

Search for other papers by Geert Dom in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
Open access

Abstract

Backgrounds and aims

Pathological gambling, a common psychiatric disorder, has many similarities with substance use disorders. Relapse, an important element in addictive disorders, however, has seldom been studied in pathological gambling. Hence, in analogy with previous research studies examining the role of self-report and neurocognitive measures on relapse in substance dependent patients, the present pilot study was executed.

Methods

Twenty-two pathological gamblers and 31 healthy controls took part in this research. They filled in self-report questionnaires measuring impulsive personality (Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaires) and performed neurocognitive tasks measuring impulsivity, decision-making and attentional bias (Iowa Gambling Task, Delay Discounting Task, Stroop Gambling Task). Twelve months later gambling activity was re-examined.

Results

Analyses showed that PGs who relapsed (n = 13) did not differ on self-report and neurocognitive measures of impulsivity with PGs who did not relapse (n = 9). However, both groups did differ in age at onset. Finally, healthy controls and PGs differed in some (Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Stroop Gambling Task), but not all impulsivity measures (Delay Discounting Task, Iowa Gambling Task, Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaires).

Conclusions

One-year relapse in pathological gamblers is not predicted by self-report and or neurocognitive measures of impulsivity and decision-making. The similarities in performances between pathological gamblers and healthy controls illustrate the relative health of the examined pathological gamblers. This last finding supports the idea that subtypes of pathological gamblers exist so that different treatment strategies might be necessary.

  • E. M. Alvarez-Moya S. Jiménez-Murcia M. N. Aymamí M. Gómez-Peña R. Granero J. Santamaría J. M. Menchón F. Fernández-Aranda 2010 Subtyping study of a pathological gamblers sample Canadian Journal of Psychiatry — Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie 55 498 506.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • E. M. Álvarez-Moya C. Ochoa S. Jiménez-Murcia M. N. Aymamí M. Gómez-Peña F. Fernández-Aranda J. Santamaría L. Moragas F. Bove J. M. Menchón 2011 Effect of executive functioning, decision-making and self-reported impulsivity on the treatment outcome of pathological gambling Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience 36 165 175.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • American Psychiatric Association 2000 Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 4th ed. American Psychiatric Association Washington, DC.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • American Psychiatric Association (2012). www.DSM5.org.

  • L. F. Andrade N. Petry 2012 Delay and probability discounting in pathological gamblers with and without a history of substance use problems Psychopharmacology 219 491 499.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • A. Bechara A. R. Damasio H. Damasio S. W. Anderson 1994 Insensitivity to future consequences following damage to human prefrontal cortex Cognition 50 7 15.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • A. Blaszczynski L. Nower 2002 A pathways model of problem and pathological gambling Addiction 97 487 499.

  • H. Bowden-Jones M. McPhillips R. Rogers S. Hutton E. Joyce 2005 Risk-taking on tests sensitive to ventromedial prefrontal cortex dysfunction predicts early relapse in alcohol dependency: A pilot study Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 17 417 420.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • J. A. Brewer M. N. Potenza 2008 The neurobiology and genetics of impulse control disorders: Relationships to drug addictions Biochemical Pharmacology 75 63 75.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • B. De Wilde B. Sabbe W. Hulstijn G. Dom 2013 Affective decision-making is predictive of three-month relapse in polysubstance dependent alcoholics European Addiction Research 19 21 28.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • P. N. Dannon N. Shoenfeld O. Rosenberg S. Kertzman M. Kotler 2010 Pathological gambling: An impulse control disorder? Measurement of impulsivity using neurocognitive tests Israel Medical Association Journal 12 243 248.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • G. Dom W. Hulstijn B. Sabbe 2006 Differences in impulsivity and sensation seeking between early- and late-onset alcoholics Addictive Behaviors 31 2 298 308.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • N. Dowling 2009 Client characteristics associated with treatment attrition and outcome in female pathological gambling Addiction Research and Theory 17 205 219.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • J. A. Ewing 1984 Detecting alcoholism. The CAGE questionnaire JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association 14 1905 1907.

  • M. B. First R. L. Spitzer M. Gibbon J. Williams 1996 Structured clinical interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders — Patient Edition (SCID-I/P, Version 2.0) New York State Psychiatric Institute New York.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • A. E. Goudriaan J. Oosterlaan E. de Beurs W. van den Brink 2005 Decision-making in pathological gambling: A comparison between pathological gamblers, alcohol dependents, persons with Tourette syndrome, and normal controls Cognitive Brain Research 23 137 151.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • A. E. Goudriaan J. Oosterlaan E. de Beurs W. van den Brink 2008 The role of self-reported impulsivity and reward sensitivity versus neurocognitive measures of disinhibition and decision-making in the prediction of relapse in pathological gamblers Psychological Medicine 38 41 50.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • G. F. Koob N. D. Volkow 2010 Neurocircuitry of addiction Neuropsychopharmacology 35 217 238.

  • D. M. Ledgerwood N. M. Petry 2006 Psychological experience of gambling and subtypes of pathological gamblers Psychiatry Research 144 17 27.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • D. M. Ledgerwood N. M. Petry 2006 What do we know about relapse in pathological gambling? Clinical Psychology Review 26 2 216 228.

  • R. F. Leeman M. N. Potenza 2012 Similarities and differences between pathological gambling and substance use disorders: A focus on impulsivity and compulsivity Psychopharmacology 219 469 490.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • H. R. Lesieur S. B. Blume 1987 The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS): A new instrument for the identification of pathological gamblers American Journal of Psychiatry 144 1184 1188.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • R. A. McCormick J. I. Taber 1991 Follow-up of male pathological gamblers after treatment: The relationship of intellectual variables to relapse Journal of Gambling Studies 7 99 108.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • H. E. Nelson J. R. Willison 1991 The Revised National Adult Reading Test-Test manual NFER-Nelson Windsor.

  • F. Passetti L. Clark M. A. Mehta E. Joyce M. King 2008 Neuropsychological predictors of clinical outcome in opiate addiction Drug and Alcohol Dependence 94 82 91.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • J. H. Patton M. S. Stanford E. S. Barratt 1995 Factor structure of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale Journal of Clinical Psychology 51 768 774.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • N. M. Petry 2001 Pathological gamblers, with and without substance abuse disorders, discount delayed rewards at high rates Journal of Abnormal Psychology 110 482 487.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • N. M. Petry 2006 Should the scope of addictive behaviors be broadened to include pathological gambling? Addiction 101 152 160.

  • M. N. Potenza 2001 The neurobiology of pathological gambling Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry 6 217 226.

  • J. C. Raven 1936 Mental tests used in genetic studies: The performance of related individuals on tests mainly educative and mainly reproductive University of London London.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • J. B. Richards L. Zhang S. H. Mitchell H. de Wit 1999 Delay or probability discounting in a model of impulsive behaviour: Effect of alcohol Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 71 121 143.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • C. Schotte D. De Doncker 1994 ADP-IV questionnaire University Hospital Antwerp Antwerp.

  • C. Schotte D. De Doncker 1996 ADP-IV questionnaire: Manual and norms University Hospital Antwerp Antwerp.

  • N. W. Shead M. J. Callan D. C. Hodgins 2008 Probability discounting among gamblers: Differences across problem gambling severity and affect-regulation expectancies Personality and Individual Differences 45 536 541.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • H. A. Skinner 1982 The Drug Abuse Screening Test Addictive Behaviors 7 4 363 371.

  • R. Torrubia C. Ávila J. Moltó X. Caseras 2001 The sensitivity to punishment and sensitivity to reward questionnaires (SPSRQ) as a measure of Gray's anxiety and impulsivity dimensions Personality and Individual Differences 31 837 862.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • A. Verdejo-Garcia A. J. Lawrence L. Clark 2008 Impulsivity as a vulnerability marker for substance-use disorders: Review of findings from high-risk research, problem gamblers and genetic association studies Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 32 777 810.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • J. D. Wareham M. N. Potenza 2010 Pathological gambling and substance use disorders American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 36 242 247.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • Collapse
  • Expand

Dr. Zsolt Demetrovics
Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
Address: Izabella u. 46. H-1064 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36-1-461-2681
E-mail: jba@ppk.elte.hu

Indexing and Abstracting Services:

  • Web of Science [Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®)
  • Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
  • Social Sciences Citation Index®
  • Journal Citation Reports/ Social Sciences Edition
  • Current Contents®/Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • EBSCO
  • GoogleScholar
  • PsycINFO
  • PubMed Central
  • SCOPUS
  • Medline
  • CABI
  • CABELLS Journalytics

2024  
Scopus  
CiteScore  
CiteScore rank  
SNIP  
Scimago  
SJR index 2.26
SJR Q rank Q1

2023  
Web of Science  
Journal Impact Factor 6.6
Rank by Impact Factor Q1 (Psychiatry)
Journal Citation Indicator 1.59
Scopus  
CiteScore 12.3
CiteScore rank Q1 (Clinical Psychology)
SNIP 1.604
Scimago  
SJR index 2.188
SJR Q rank Q1

Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Publication Model Gold Open Access
Submission Fee none
Article Processing Charge 990 EUR/article
Effective from  1st Feb 2025:
1400 EUR/article
Regional discounts on country of the funding agency World Bank Lower-middle-income economies: 50%
World Bank Low-income economies: 100%
Further Discounts Corresponding authors, affiliated to an EISZ member institution subscribing to the journal package of Akadémiai Kiadó: 100%.
Subscription Information Gold Open Access

Journal of Behavioral Addictions
Language English
Size A4
Year of
Foundation
2011
Volumes
per Year
1
Issues
per Year
4
Founder Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
Founder's
Address
H-1053 Budapest, Hungary Egyetem tér 1-3.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Publisher's
Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Responsible
Publisher
Chief Executive Officer, Akadémiai Kiadó
ISSN 2062-5871 (Print)
ISSN 2063-5303 (Online)

Senior editors

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zsolt DEMETROVICS

Assistant Editor(s): 

Csilla ÁGOSTON

Dana KATZ

Associate Editors

  • Stephanie ANTONS (Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
  • Joel BILLIEUX (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Beáta BŐTHE (University of Montreal, Canada)
  • Matthias BRAND (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
  • Daniel KING (Flinders University, Australia)
  • Gyöngyi KÖKÖNYEI (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
  • Ludwig KRAUS (IFT Institute for Therapy Research, Germany)
  • Marc N. POTENZA (Yale University, USA)
  • Hans-Jurgen RUMPF (University of Lübeck, Germany)
  • Ruth J. VAN HOLST (Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands)

Editorial Board

  • Sophia ACHAB (Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Alex BALDACCHINO (St Andrews University, United Kingdom)
  • Judit BALÁZS (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
  • Maria BELLRINGER (Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand)
  • Henrietta BOWDEN-JONES (Imperial College, United Kingdom)
  • Damien BREVERS (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
  • Julius BURKAUSKAS (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania)
  • Gerhard BÜHRINGER (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
  • Silvia CASALE (University of Florence, Florence, Italy)
  • Luke CLARK (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada)
  • Jeffrey L. DEREVENSKY (McGill University, Canada)
  • Geert DOM (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
  • Nicki DOWLING (Deakin University, Geelong, Australia)
  • Hamed EKHTIARI (University of Minnesota, United States)
  • Jon ELHAI (University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA)
  • Ana ESTEVEZ (University of Deusto, Spain)
  • Fernando FERNANDEZ-ARANDA (Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain)
  • Naomi FINEBERG (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
  • Sally GAINSBURY (The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia)
  • Belle GAVRIEL-FRIED (The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
  • Biljana GJONESKA (Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Republic of North Macedonia)
  • Marie GRALL-BRONNEC (University Hospital of Nantes, France)
  • Jon E. GRANT (University of Minnesota, USA)
  • Mark GRIFFITHS (Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom)
  • Joshua GRUBBS (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA)
  • Anneke GOUDRIAAN (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Susumu HIGUCHI (National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Japan)
  • David HODGINS (University of Calgary, Canada)
  • Eric HOLLANDER (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)
  • Zsolt HORVÁTH (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
  • Susana JIMÉNEZ-MURCIA (Clinical Psychology Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain)
  • Yasser KHAZAAL (Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland)
  • Orsolya KIRÁLY (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
  • Chih-Hung KO (Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan)
  • Shane KRAUS (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA)
  • Hae Kook LEE (The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)
  • Bernadette KUN (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
  • Katerina LUKAVSKA (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Giovanni MARTINOTTI (‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
  • Gemma MESTRE-BACH (Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, La Rioja, Spain)
  • Astrid MÜLLER (Hannover Medical School, Germany)
  • Daniel Thor OLASON (University of Iceland, Iceland)
  • Ståle PALLESEN (University of Bergen, Norway)
  • Afarin RAHIMI-MOVAGHAR (Teheran University of Medical Sciences, Iran)
  • József RÁCZ (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
  • Michael SCHAUB (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Marcantanio M. SPADA (London South Bank University, United Kingdom)
  • Daniel SPRITZER (Study Group on Technological Addictions, Brazil)
  • Dan J. STEIN (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
  • Sherry H. STEWART (Dalhousie University, Canada)
  • Attila SZABÓ (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
  • Hermano TAVARES (Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Wim VAN DEN BRINK (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Alexander E. VOISKOUNSKY (Moscow State University, Russia)
  • Aviv M. WEINSTEIN (Ariel University, Israel)
  • Anise WU (University of Macau, Macao, China)
  • Ágnes ZSILA (ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)

 

Monthly Content Usage

Abstract Views Full Text Views PDF Downloads
Nov 2024 0 66 5
Dec 2024 0 36 3
Jan 2025 0 69 7
Feb 2025 0 85 6
Mar 2025 0 101 11
Apr 2025 0 26 8
May 2025 0 13 4