Predictors of therapeutic failure in pathological gamblers following behavioral treatment
Fecha
2001Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.1017/S1352465801003113
Resumen
The aim of this paper was to determine the features of pathological gamblers who dropped out of the treatment or relapsed within a one year follow-up period. The sample consisted of 69 patients selected according to DSM-IV criteria. Results indicated that the only difference between the patients who dropped out of treatment and the ones who completed was the level of state-anxiety. The former we ...
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The aim of this paper was to determine the features of pathological gamblers who dropped out of the treatment or relapsed within a one year follow-up period. The sample consisted of 69 patients selected according to DSM-IV criteria. Results indicated that the only difference between the patients who dropped out of treatment and the ones who completed was the level of state-anxiety. The former were more anxious than the latter. Predictive variables for the therapeutic failure were the dissatisfaction with the treatment, the high level of alcohol consumption and the neuroticism as a personality variable. Implications of this study for clinical practice and future research in this field are commented upon. [--]
Materias
Pathological gambling,
Behavioral treatment,
Drop out,
Relapse,
Therapeutic failure,
Predictive variables.
Editor
Cambridge University Press
Publicado en
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2001, 29, 379–383
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Psicología y Pedagogía /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Psikologia eta Pedagogia Saila
Versión del editor
Entidades Financiadoras
This research was supported by grant UPV 006.231-HA182.95 from the University of the
Basque Country. The second author has had a predoctoral research grant from the Basque
Country Government.