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Racial-ethnic related clinical and neurocognitive differences in adults with gambling disorder.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Chamberlain, Samuel R 
Leppink, Eric 
Redden, Sarah A 
Odlaug, Brian L 
Grant, Jon E 

Abstract

Recent epidemiological data suggest that the lifetime prevalence of gambling problems differs depending on race-ethnicity. Understanding variations in disease presentation in blacks and whites, and relationships with biological and sociocultural factors, may have implications for selecting appropriate prevention strategies. 62 non-treatment seeking volunteers (18-29 years, n=18 [29.0%] female) with gambling disorder were recruited from the general community. Black (n=36) and White (n=26) participants were compared on demographic, clinical and cognitive measures. Young black adults with gambling disorder reported more symptoms of gambling disorder and greater scores on a measure of compulsivity. In addition they exhibited significantly higher total errors on a set-shifting task, less risk adjustment on a gambling task, greater delay aversion on a gambling task, and more total errors on a working memory task. These findings suggest that the clinical and neurocognitive presentation of gambling disorder different between racial-ethnic groups.

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Keywords

Addiction, Cognition, GamblinG, ImpulsIvIty, Phenomenology, Race, Adolescent, Adult, Black or African American, Compulsive Behavior, Ethnicity, Female, Gambling, Humans, Male, Memory, Short-Term, White People, Young Adult

Journal Title

Psychiatry Res

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Journal ISSN

0165-1781
1872-7123

Volume Title

242

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (110049/Z/15/Z)