Investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gambling
BackgroundAs a theoretical framework for understanding illness self-management, the commonsense model of self-regulation (CSM) has been commonly used to promote health behaviors. However, its application to examining gambling disorder (GD) is still in an exploratory stage.ObjectivesBased on CSM, the...
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| author | Anise M. S. Wu Anise M. S. Wu Hong Mian Yang Hong Mian Yang Hui Zhou Hui Zhou Le Dang Le Dang Juliet Honglei Chen Juliet Honglei Chen |
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| description | BackgroundAs a theoretical framework for understanding illness self-management, the commonsense model of self-regulation (CSM) has been commonly used to promote health behaviors. However, its application to examining gambling disorder (GD) is still in an exploratory stage.ObjectivesBased on CSM, the current study aimed to address this knowledge gap and test whether illness representations (i.e., perceived consequences, illness coherence, and emotional representations) of GD are associated with gambling behaviors (i.e., responsible gambling [RG] and superstitious gambling). We also aimed to explore the potential mediating role of positive gambling beliefs (i.e., personal responsibility about gambling and gambling literacy) in such associations.MethodsAn online questionnaire survey with snowballing sampling method was administered to Chinese adult past-year gamblers, and 603 valid responses were collected. The structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis with a bootstrapping approach was utilized to test the associations of illness representations with gambling behaviors and the hypothesized mediation effects of positive gambling beliefs.ResultsWe found that (a) perceived consequences of GD had significant, positive associations with RG and negative associations with superstitious gambling, with positive gambling beliefs acting as full mediators; (b) emotional representations for GD showed significant, negative correlations with RG and positive ones with superstitious gambling, with positive gambling beliefs acting as full and partial mediators, respectively; (c) the direct effect of illness coherence of GD on superstitious gambling behaviors was unexpectedly positive, and its indirect effects via positive gambling beliefs were nonsignificant.DiscussionUnder the framework of CSM, the current findings provided new insights in understanding both controlled and at-risk gambling patterns from a perspective of illness self-management. We suggest future GD prevention campaigns may adopt psychoeducational programs to help gamblers form a better understanding about GD as an illness, which may promote RG practices and hence lower the risk of developing GD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-446bf67c9d8a424ba22c63f2a09918e12023-07-15T03:26:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-07-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11607811160781Investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gamblingAnise M. S. Wu0Anise M. S. Wu1Hong Mian Yang2Hong Mian Yang3Hui Zhou4Hui Zhou5Le Dang6Le Dang7Juliet Honglei Chen8Juliet Honglei Chen9Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, ChinaCentre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, ChinaCentre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, ChinaCentre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, ChinaFaculty of Teacher Education, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan, Henan, ChinaCentre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, ChinaBackgroundAs a theoretical framework for understanding illness self-management, the commonsense model of self-regulation (CSM) has been commonly used to promote health behaviors. However, its application to examining gambling disorder (GD) is still in an exploratory stage.ObjectivesBased on CSM, the current study aimed to address this knowledge gap and test whether illness representations (i.e., perceived consequences, illness coherence, and emotional representations) of GD are associated with gambling behaviors (i.e., responsible gambling [RG] and superstitious gambling). We also aimed to explore the potential mediating role of positive gambling beliefs (i.e., personal responsibility about gambling and gambling literacy) in such associations.MethodsAn online questionnaire survey with snowballing sampling method was administered to Chinese adult past-year gamblers, and 603 valid responses were collected. The structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis with a bootstrapping approach was utilized to test the associations of illness representations with gambling behaviors and the hypothesized mediation effects of positive gambling beliefs.ResultsWe found that (a) perceived consequences of GD had significant, positive associations with RG and negative associations with superstitious gambling, with positive gambling beliefs acting as full mediators; (b) emotional representations for GD showed significant, negative correlations with RG and positive ones with superstitious gambling, with positive gambling beliefs acting as full and partial mediators, respectively; (c) the direct effect of illness coherence of GD on superstitious gambling behaviors was unexpectedly positive, and its indirect effects via positive gambling beliefs were nonsignificant.DiscussionUnder the framework of CSM, the current findings provided new insights in understanding both controlled and at-risk gambling patterns from a perspective of illness self-management. We suggest future GD prevention campaigns may adopt psychoeducational programs to help gamblers form a better understanding about GD as an illness, which may promote RG practices and hence lower the risk of developing GD.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1160781/fullcommonsense modelillness perceptionpositive gamblingsuperstitious gamblinggambling beliefs |
| spellingShingle | Anise M. S. Wu Anise M. S. Wu Hong Mian Yang Hong Mian Yang Hui Zhou Hui Zhou Le Dang Le Dang Juliet Honglei Chen Juliet Honglei Chen Investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gambling Frontiers in Psychology commonsense model illness perception positive gambling superstitious gambling gambling beliefs |
| title | Investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gambling |
| title_full | Investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gambling |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gambling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gambling |
| title_short | Investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gambling |
| title_sort | investigating the associations of the illness representations of gambling disorder with superstitious and responsible gambling |
| topic | commonsense model illness perception positive gambling superstitious gambling gambling beliefs |
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