Echeburúa, EnriqueFernández-Montalvo, JavierBáez, Concepción2018-03-262018-03-2620011352-465810.1017/S1352465801003113https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/28088The 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.application/pdfeng© 2001 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive PsychotherapiesPathological gamblingBehavioral treatmentDrop outRelapseTherapeutic failurePredictive variables.info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess