title: Desire thinking as a predictor of gambling.
abstract: Desire thinking is a voluntary cognitive process involving verbal and imaginal elaboration of a desired target. A desired target can relate to an object, an internal state or an activity, such as gambling. This study investigated the role of desire thinking in gambling in a cohort of participants recruited from community and clinical settings. Ninety five individuals completed a battery of self-report measures consisting of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Gambling Craving Scale (GCS), the Desire Thinking Questionnaire (DTQ) and the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS). Correlation analyses revealed that gender, educational level, recruitment source, anxiety and depression, craving and desire thinking were correlated with gambling. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that both recruitment source and desire thinking were the only independent predictors of gambling when controlling for all other study variables, including craving. These findings are discussed in the light of metacognitive therapy (MCT).
authors: King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, London, United Kingdom; CASCAID, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
authors: Bruce A
authors: BA
authors: Fernie
authors: Studi Cognitivi, Italy.
authors: Gabriele
authors: G
authors: Caselli
authors: Servizio Tossicodipendendenze, AUSL, Parma, Italy.
authors: Lucia
authors: L
authors: Giustina
authors: Studi Cognitivi, Italy.
authors: Gilda
authors: G
authors: Donato
authors: Studi Cognitivi, Italy.
authors: Antonella
authors: A
authors: Marcotriggiani
authors: London South Bank University, United Kingdom. Electronic address: spadam@lsbu.ac.uk.
authors: Marcantonio M
authors: MM
authors: Spada
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D013850:Thinking; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Desire thinking; Gambling; Metacognition; Metacognitive beliefs; Metacognitive therapy; Negative emotion