title: Gambling control self-efficacy as a mediator of the effects of low emotional intelligence on problem gambling.
abstract: This study investigated whether lower emotional intelligence would be related to less self-efficacy to control gambling and more problem gambling and whether gambling self-efficacy would mediate the relationship between emotional intelligence and problem gambling. A total of 117 participants, including 49 women and 68 men, with an average age of 39.93 (SD = 13.87), completed an emotional intelligence inventory, a gambling control self-efficacy scale, and a measure of problem gambling. Lower emotional intelligence was related to lower gambling self-efficacy and more problem gambling. Gambling control self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between emotional intelligence and problem gambling.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia.
authors.forename: Inderjit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Nicola S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Schutte
authors.forename: Einar B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Thorsteinsson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001315:Australia; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires