Gambling Involvement And Gambling-Related Problem Severity Among Psychiatric Outpatients And Community Participants.
7 affiliations
- 1Department of Human and Social Sciences, UKE - Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy.
- 2Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic, Section of Psychiatry, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
- 3Psychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
- 4Psychiatry Unit, Polyclinic Hospital University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
- 5Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
- 6Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.
- 7IRCCS Oasi Maria Santissima, Troina (Enna), Italy.
Abstract
Objective
Gambling-related problems frequently co-occur with psychiatric conditions. This cross-sectional study examined past-year gambling involvement and gambling-related problem severity in psychiatric outpatients and community participants, with particular attention to the role of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity.Method
Participants were 815 adults, including 340 psychiatric outpatients and 475 community participants reporting no current psychiatric diagnosis. They completed measures of sociodemographic characteristics and past-year gambling. Gambling-related problem severity was assessed among participants who had gambled in the previous 12 months, whereas emotion dysregulation and impulsivity were assessed among psychiatric outpatients and among community participants who had gambled in the previous 12 months. Analyses examined whether psychiatric status was associated with past-year gambling involvement in the full sample and with gambling-related problem severity among participants who had gambled in the previous 12 months.Results
Psychiatric outpatients were more likely than community participants to report past-year gambling. In the full sample, gambling involvement was associated with younger age, male gender, and psychiatric status. Among past-year gamblers, psychiatric status was not independently associated with gambling-related problem severity. Higher motor impulsivity was associated with greater severity in the overall gambler sample, whereas emotion dysregulation showed no consistent associations across analyses.Conclusions
Gambling involvement and gambling-related problem severity showed partly distinct correlates: psychiatric status was associated with past-year gambling involvement but not independently with gambling-related problem severity among past-year gamblers. These findings support routine screening for gambling involvement and related harms in psychiatric outpatient services.
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BibTeX
@article{costanzo2026gambling,
title = {{Gambling Involvement And Gambling-Related Problem Severity Among Psychiatric Outpatients And Community Participants.}},
author = {Antonino Costanzo and Giuseppe Maniaci and Carmen Concerto and Antonio Bruno and Ugo Pace and Alessia Passanisi and Caterina La Cascia and Laura Ferraro and Simone Russo Coco and Rossana Geraci and Alessandro Rodolico and Antonio Trovato and Antonino Petralia and Maria Salvina Signorelli and William Torregrossa and Fabrizio Turiaco and Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello and Adriano Schimmenti},
journal = {Clinical neuropsychiatry},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.36131/cnfioritieditore20260501},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42909926},
note = {CC BY-NC-SA},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Gambling Involvement And Gambling-Related Problem Severity Among Psychiatric Outpatients And Community Participants.
AU - Antonino Costanzo
AU - Giuseppe Maniaci
AU - Carmen Concerto
AU - Antonio Bruno
AU - Ugo Pace
AU - Alessia Passanisi
AU - Caterina La Cascia
AU - Laura Ferraro
AU - Simone Russo Coco
AU - Rossana Geraci
AU - Alessandro Rodolico
AU - Antonio Trovato
AU - Antonino Petralia
AU - Maria Salvina Signorelli
AU - William Torregrossa
AU - Fabrizio Turiaco
AU - Maria Rosaria Anna Muscatello
AU - Adriano Schimmenti
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
JO - Clinical neuropsychiatry
DO - 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20260501
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42909926
AB - Objective Gambling-related problems frequently co-occur with psychiatric conditions. This cross-sectional study examined past-year gambling involvement and gambling-related problem severity in psychiatric outpatients and community participants, with particular attention to the role of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity.Method Participants were 815 adults, including 340 psychiatric outpatients and 475 community participants reporting no current psychiatric diagnosis. They completed measures of sociodemographic characteristics and past-year gambling. Gambling-related problem severity was assessed among participants who had gambled in the previous 12 months, whereas emotion dysregulation and impulsivity were assessed among psychiatric outpatients and among community participants who had gambled in the previous 12 months. Analyses examined whether psychiatric status was associated with past-year gambling involvement in the full sample and with gambling-related problem severity among participants who had gambled in the previous 12 months.Results Psychiatric outpatients were more likely than community participants to report past-year gambling. In the full sample, gambling involvement was associated with younger age, male gender, and psychiatric status. Among past-year gamblers, psychiatric status was not independently associated with gambling-related problem severity. Higher motor impulsivity was associated with greater severity in the overall gambler sample, whereas emotion dysregulation showed no consistent associations across analyses.Conclusions Gambling involvement and gambling-related problem severity showed partly distinct correlates: psychiatric status was associated with past-year gambling involvement but not independently with gambling-related problem severity among past-year gamblers. These findings support routine screening for gambling involvement and related harms in psychiatric outpatient services.
SN - 1724-4935
SN - 2385-0787
ER -