Racial-ethnic related clinical and neurocognitive differences in adults with gambling disorder. (30th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chamberlain, Samuel R.; Leppink, Eric; Redden, Sarah A.; Odlaug, Brian L.; Grant, Jon E.
• Is Part Of: Psychiatry research. Volume 242(2016)
• Page Start: 82
• Page End: 87
• Publication Date: 2016-08-30
• Subjects: Addiction -- Cognition -- GamblinG -- ImpulsIvIty -- Phenomenology -- Race; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- periodicals; Psychiatrie -- Périodiques; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.05.038
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0165-1781

Abstract

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. Highlights: Little is known about clinical and cognitive aspects of race-ethnicity in gambling disorder. Young black adults with gambling disorder higher levels of gambling symptomatology. Various cognitive factors associated with gambling disorder may differ depending on race-ethnicity.