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Emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial
BACKGROUND: Despite the association of Gambling Disorder (GD) with poor mental health, treatment options generally lack components targeting emotional difficulties. This study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of adding strategies of emotion regulation to an eight-session weekly group t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8734318/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34991511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03630-3 |
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author | Månsson, Viktor Molander, Olof Carlbring, Per Rosendahl, Ingvar Berman, Anne H. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Despite the association of Gambling Disorder (GD) with poor mental health, treatment options generally lack components targeting emotional difficulties. This study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of adding strategies of emotion regulation to an eight-session weekly group treatment. METHOD: This non-randomized pilot study recruited 21 treatment-seeking adults with GD, (mean age = 36.3, 19% females) from addiction care. In a mixed methods design, measures of within-group changes in self-reported symptoms of GD were complemented with thematic analysis of post-treatment interviews regarding the feasibility of the treatment. RESULTS: Within-group scores on the Gambling Symptoms Assessment Scale (G-SAS) showed a 47% decrease (β: -0.1599, 95% CI: − 0.2526 to − 0.0500) from pre-treatment to 12-month follow-up, with Hedges’ g = 1.07 (CI: 0.57–1.60). The number of GD-symptoms according to the Structured Clinical Interview for Gambling Disorder (SCI-GD) decreased from 7.0 (SD = 1.60) at pre-treatment to 2.1 (SD = 2.36) at 12-month follow-up. Participants completed an average of 6.3 sessions and rated the intervention high in satisfaction and acceptability. Feasibility interviews showed no noticeable negative effects or ethical issues. Furthermore, helpful components in the treatment were: increased awareness of emotional processes and strategies to deal with difficult emotions. CONCLUSIONS: Adding emotion regulation strategies in the treatment of GD is feasible and acceptable and warrants further investigation in a controlled trial. TRIAL REGISTRATION: This study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (Identifier NCT03725735). |
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spelling | pubmed-87343182022-01-07 Emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial Månsson, Viktor Molander, Olof Carlbring, Per Rosendahl, Ingvar Berman, Anne H. BMC Psychiatry Research Article BACKGROUND: Despite the association of Gambling Disorder (GD) with poor mental health, treatment options generally lack components targeting emotional difficulties. This study investigated the feasibility and acceptability of adding strategies of emotion regulation to an eight-session weekly group treatment. METHOD: This non-randomized pilot study recruited 21 treatment-seeking adults with GD, (mean age = 36.3, 19% females) from addiction care. In a mixed methods design, measures of within-group changes in self-reported symptoms of GD were complemented with thematic analysis of post-treatment interviews regarding the feasibility of the treatment. RESULTS: Within-group scores on the Gambling Symptoms Assessment Scale (G-SAS) showed a 47% decrease (β: -0.1599, 95% CI: − 0.2526 to − 0.0500) from pre-treatment to 12-month follow-up, with Hedges’ g = 1.07 (CI: 0.57–1.60). The number of GD-symptoms according to the Structured Clinical Interview for Gambling Disorder (SCI-GD) decreased from 7.0 (SD = 1.60) at pre-treatment to 2.1 (SD = 2.36) at 12-month follow-up. Participants completed an average of 6.3 sessions and rated the intervention high in satisfaction and acceptability. Feasibility interviews showed no noticeable negative effects or ethical issues. Furthermore, helpful components in the treatment were: increased awareness of emotional processes and strategies to deal with difficult emotions. CONCLUSIONS: Adding emotion regulation strategies in the treatment of GD is feasible and acceptable and warrants further investigation in a controlled trial. TRIAL REGISTRATION: This study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (Identifier NCT03725735). BioMed Central 2022-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8734318/ /pubmed/34991511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03630-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2022, corrected publication 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Månsson, Viktor Molander, Olof Carlbring, Per Rosendahl, Ingvar Berman, Anne H. Emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial |
title | Emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial |
title_full | Emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial |
title_fullStr | Emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial |
title_short | Emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial |
title_sort | emotion regulation-enhanced group treatment for gambling disorder: a non-randomized pilot trial |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8734318/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34991511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03630-3 |
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