| Assessing the Impact of Cue Exposure on Craving to Gamble in University Students. | |
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PMID: 21853232 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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We recruited a sample of university student gamblers (n = 48) to complete a web-based battery of instruments in a study designed to assess the impact of imagery-based versus photographic cue exposure on acute craving to gamble using the multi-item Gambling Urge Scale (GUS; Raylu and Oei 2004). Although self-reported craving increased following both forms of cue exposure, the imagery script had a more pronounced impact than did examination of photographs of gambling-related stimuli. We also evaluated the association of the post-cue exposure GUS with other relevant measures, and found it correlated highly both with other questionnaires assessing craving to gamble and with other gambling-relevant characteristics (e.g., gambling-related problems, preoccupation with gambling, distorted gambling beliefs, gambling refusal self-efficacy, sensation seeking), but was not associated with social desirability bias. These findings support the use of the GUS-a brief multi-item scale that shows several key elements of construct, convergent, criterion and discriminant validity-to study the experience of craving in university student gamblers. |
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Lisham Ashrafioun; Amy McCarthy; Harold Rosenberg |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-8-19 |
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Title: Journal of gambling studies / co-sponsored by the National Council on Problem Gambling and Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming Volume: - ISSN: 1573-3602 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-8-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9425991 Medline TA: J Gambl Stud Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, USA, lashraf@bgsu.edu. |
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