Effect of Impulsiveness on Gambling Preoccupation in University Students
10.22802/jksbtp.2025.31.1.15
- Author:
Ji Hui HONG
1
;
Seojung KIM
;
Hyun-kuk HWANG
;
Seong Jae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:
Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2025;31(1):15-21
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Objectives:This study aimed to examine the relationship between three different impulsiveness traits and gambling preoccupation in a group of university students, and to investigate whether the gambling preoccupation can lead to impairment of important social areas through self-regulation failure.
Methods:Five hundred eighty four university students completed the Korean version of the National Opinion Research Center DSM-IV Screen for Gambling Problems and the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. The data of 553 students were finally analyzed. Impulsiveness traits were divided into three sub-scales: cognitive, motor, and non-planning impulsiveness. In order to verify our hypothesis, structural equation modeling was applied using AMOS software package, version 18.0.
Results:Three different impulsiveness traits had no significant direct effect on gambling preoccupation (p>0.05). Gambling preoccupation had significant direct effects both on self-regulation failure and impairment of important social areas (p<0.05). Self-regulation failure had a significant mediating effect on the relationship between gambling preoccupation and impairment of significant relationships.
Conclusions:Our findings suggest that the gambling preoccupation cannot be directly explained by a personality trait related to impulsiveness. However, the gambling preoccupation can be a factor that causes impairment of important social areas, mediating self-regulation failure.
