title: Wagering the future: Cognitive distortions, impulsivity, delay discounting, and time perspective in adolescent gambling.
abstract: This study investigated the relationship of cognitive distortions, self-reported impulsivity, delay discounting, and time perspective to gambling severity in Italian adolescents. One thousand and thirty high school students were administered the South Oaks Gambling Screen Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA), the Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), the Monetary Choice Questionnaire (MCQ), and the Consideration of Future Consequences Scale (CFC-14). A factor analysis, used to evaluate common factors assessed by the different measures, revealed a three-factor structure of Cognitive distortions, Impulsive present orientation, and Delay discounting. The results of regression analysis using factor scores showed that males scored higher than females on the SOGS-RA and that gambling severity correlated positively with high scores on the three factors. These results indicate that cognitive distortions associated with gambling are a powerful predictor of gambling severity, and that adolescent gamblers are impaired in their abilities to think about the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Viale Ellittico, 31, 81100 Caserta, Italy. Electronic address: marina.cosenza@unina2.it.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cosenza
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Viale Ellittico, 31, 81100 Caserta, Italy. Electronic address: giovanna.nigro@unina2.it.
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nigro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D065786:Delay Discounting; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescents; Cognitive distortions; Delay discounting; Gambling; Impulsivity; Time perspective