Title:
Pathological gambling and sex differences: clarifying personality characteristics and indicators of severity
Author:
Emily C. Ptaszek
Thesis Advisor:
Deborah Haskins
Committee Member:
Lori Rugle
Committee Member:
Matthew W. Kirkhart
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2002
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
The author reviewed the literature on pathological gambling, describing course, growth, consequences, and epidemiology. The purpose of this study was to identify gender differences in rates of personality disorders and to delineate the roles of impulsiveness and trauma in 291 outpatients and inpatients who received treatment at private Midwestern and Western treatment centers. The author uncovered significant gender differences in rates of Obsessive-Compulsive and Borderline Personality Disorders. Trauma and impulsiveness predicted male severity. Predictors for female severity, like military experience and physical pain, were examined post-hoc. Chi-Square and multiple regression analyses with archival data were utilized. The author emphasized implications for pathological gambling treatment design and effectiveness for the female gambler.
Subject:
Compulsive gambling--United States
Subject:
Compulsive gamblers--United States--Psychology
Subject:
Compulsive gamblers--Sex differences--United States
Degree:
Doctor of Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
PtaszekEC-02
