Blaszczynski and Nower (2002) have theorized that there may be three potential subtypes of pathological gamblers who can be differentiated by the distinct pathways they take towards developing their gambling problems. This study sought to validate Blaszczynski and Nower's pathways model examining nationally representative data from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC; Grant, Dawson, & Hasin, 2001). Latent class analysis revealed three classes (or subtypes) of gamblers, similar to those proposed by Blaszczynski and Nower's behaviorally conditioned, emotionally vulnerable, and antisocial impulsivist pathological gamblers. Between group analyses demonstrated that the three classes differed with regard to gender composition and proportion of pathological gamblers. This study was unique in that it was the first of its kind to use a nationally representative sample to examine gambling subtypes using variables matched to the characteristics specifically proposed by Blaszczynski and Nower (2002). The validation of Blaszczynski and Nower's (2002) pathways model may eventually contribute to the development of more reliable and valid methods of identifying people who are at risk of developing gambling problems, in addition to the development of more refined treatments that take individual differences into consideration.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:MWU.1993/14307 |
| Date | 21 December 2012 |
| Creators | Dowd, Damien A. |
| Contributors | Jakobson, Lorna (Psychology) Mondor, Todd (Psychology), Bolton, James (Psychology) Clara, Ian (Community Health Sciences) |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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