title: Adaptive and maladaptive personality traits in high-risk gamblers.
abstract: Gambling Disorder (GD) is an addictive disorder resulting in significant impairment in occupational and social functioning. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship of GD risk to adaptive and maladaptive personality dimensions in a sample of nonreferred Italian gamblers. The authors found the risk for GD to show significant associations with the Openness and Conscientiousness scales of the Big Five Inventory (BFI); however, these effects were not significant after controlling for alcohol and drug use. GD risk showed significant associations with the Detachment and Antagonism domains of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), as well as with the PID-5 facet scales of Hostility, Callousness, Deceitfulness, Manipulativeness, Irresponsibility, and (low) Rigid Perfectionism, even when controlling for alcohol and drug use. Maladaptive personality dispositions may serve as risk factors for pathological gambling, even beyond their impact on frequently concomitant problems with alcohol and other drugs.
authors.affiliation: 1 Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Unit, San Raffaele Turro Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carlotta
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
authors.forename: Kristian E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Markon
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borroni
authors.affiliation: 1 Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Unit, San Raffaele Turro Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frera
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Somma
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maffei
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fossati
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology