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Sports-betting-related gambling disorder: Clinical features and correlates of cognitive behavioral therapy outcomes.

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Abstract
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The number of patients with gambling disorder (GD) whose gambling preference is sports betting is increasing. However, their clinical profile and their responses to psychological treatments -compared to patients with other forms of gambling- have not been thoroughly studied. Therefore, the aims of this study were: (1) to compare the clinical characteristics of GD patients whose primary gambling activity was sports betting (SB+; n = 113) with GD patients with other primary gambling activities (SB-; n = 1,135); (2) to compare treatment outcomes (dropout and relapses) between SB + and SB- patients; and (3) to explore relationships between specific variables (GD severity, psychological distress and personality features) and treatment outcome in SB + and SB- GD patients, through correlation models and path-analysis.

Year of Publication
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2022
Journal
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Addictive behaviors
Volume
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133
Number of Pages
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107371
ISSN Number
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0306-4603
URL
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306-4603(22)00137-X
DOI
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10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107371
Short Title
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Addict Behav
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