Alexithymia predicts loss chasing for people at risk for problem gambling

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Bibby, Peter A. and Ross, Katherine E. (2017) Alexithymia predicts loss chasing for people at risk for problem gambling. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6 (4). pp. 630-638. ISSN 2063-5303

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Abstract

Background and aims

The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between alexithymia and loss-chasing behavior in people at risk and not at risk for problem gambling.

Methods

An opportunity sample of 58 (50 males and 8 females) participants completed the Problem Gambling Severity Index and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). They then completed the Cambridge Gambling Task from which a measure of loss-chasing behavior was derived.

Results

Alexithymia and problem gambling risk were significantly positively correlated. Subgroups of non-alexithymic and at or near caseness for alexithymia by low risk and at risk for problem gambling were identified. The results show a clear difference for loss-chasing behavior for the two alexithymia conditions, but there was no evidence that low and at-risk problem gamblers were more likely to loss chase. The emotion-processing components of the TAS-20 were shown to correlate with loss chasing.

Discussion and conclusion

These findings suggest that loss-chasing behavior may be particularly prevalent in a subgroup of problem gamblers those who are high in alexithymia.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/893819
Keywords: alexithymia, problem gambling, loss chasing
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Psychology
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.6.2017.076
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2017 10:59
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:16
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/48235

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