Objective: The evidence accumulated in the relevant literature suggests that the presence and evolution of gambling could be correlated with the internalizing and externalizing problems and with the attachment style. This paper aims at exploring this perspective further. In particular, it analyses how such risk factors interact within the specific context of adolescent gambling disorder. Method: The sample comprises 91 adolescents, 61 male and 30 female, in the 17-22 age range (M = 17.77; SD = 0.98). A structural equation model was used to examine the relationship between the Youth Self-Report latent factors and pathological gambling, and the mode of attachment was assumed to act as a moderator. Results: Our results suggest that in the group characterized by a fearful attachment style there was a positive relationship between somatization and propensity to risk (p = 0.008), whereas in the dismissing attachment group there was a positive relationship between a greater tendency to delinquent behaviour and gambling risk (p = 0.042). Conclusions: The various insecure attachment stylespatterns may contribute in different ways to the development of oppositional-provocative behaviour and problems of conduct in adolescents.

Attachment relationships and internalization and externalization problems in a group of adolescents with pathological gambling disorder / Terrone, Grazia; Musetti, Alessandro; Raschielli, Stefano; Marino, Alberta; Costrini, Paola; Mossi, Piergiorgio; Salvatore, Sergio; Caretti, Vincenzo. - In: CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 1724-4935. - 15:1(2018), pp. 66-74.

Attachment relationships and internalization and externalization problems in a group of adolescents with pathological gambling disorder

Musetti, Alessandro;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Objective: The evidence accumulated in the relevant literature suggests that the presence and evolution of gambling could be correlated with the internalizing and externalizing problems and with the attachment style. This paper aims at exploring this perspective further. In particular, it analyses how such risk factors interact within the specific context of adolescent gambling disorder. Method: The sample comprises 91 adolescents, 61 male and 30 female, in the 17-22 age range (M = 17.77; SD = 0.98). A structural equation model was used to examine the relationship between the Youth Self-Report latent factors and pathological gambling, and the mode of attachment was assumed to act as a moderator. Results: Our results suggest that in the group characterized by a fearful attachment style there was a positive relationship between somatization and propensity to risk (p = 0.008), whereas in the dismissing attachment group there was a positive relationship between a greater tendency to delinquent behaviour and gambling risk (p = 0.042). Conclusions: The various insecure attachment stylespatterns may contribute in different ways to the development of oppositional-provocative behaviour and problems of conduct in adolescents.
2018
Attachment relationships and internalization and externalization problems in a group of adolescents with pathological gambling disorder / Terrone, Grazia; Musetti, Alessandro; Raschielli, Stefano; Marino, Alberta; Costrini, Paola; Mossi, Piergiorgio; Salvatore, Sergio; Caretti, Vincenzo. - In: CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 1724-4935. - 15:1(2018), pp. 66-74.
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