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Prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Social determinants are closely related to addiction, both as a cause and a consequence of substance use and other addictive behaviors. The present paper examines prosocialness (i.e. the tendency to help, empathize, and care for others) among a population of young males. We comp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8996797/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34191744 http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.2021.00035 |
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description | BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Social determinants are closely related to addiction, both as a cause and a consequence of substance use and other addictive behaviors. The present paper examines prosocialness (i.e. the tendency to help, empathize, and care for others) among a population of young males. We compared prosocialness across different types of addiction and examined whether prosocialness varied according to the presence of multiple addictions. METHODS: A sample of 5,675 young males, aged 19–29 years old (Mean = 21.4; Median = 21), completed a questionnaire that included screening tools to identify addictive behaviors with regards to alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, gambling, and gaming. The questionnaire also included a scale to measure prosocialness. RESULTS: Compared to a no-addiction control group, the subgroups of young men suffering from behavioral addictions (i.e., gambling and gaming) reported the lowest levels of prosocialness. Respondents with an alcohol addiction also showed lower prosocialness compared to no-addiction controls. By contrast, no significant differences in prosocialness were found between respondents with nicotine disorder or cannabis disorder and the no-addiction controls. Furthermore, the number of addictions had no clear, observable effects on prosocialness. Significant differences were found between the no-addiction control group and the groups reporting one or more addictions, but not between the separate groups reporting one, two, and three or more addictions. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: A better understanding of the social dimension affecting young males with addiction, particularly gambling and gaming addictions, may be useful for their prevention and treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-89967972022-04-22 Prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions Tomei, Alexander Studer, Joseph Gmel, Gerhard J Behav Addict Article BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Social determinants are closely related to addiction, both as a cause and a consequence of substance use and other addictive behaviors. The present paper examines prosocialness (i.e. the tendency to help, empathize, and care for others) among a population of young males. We compared prosocialness across different types of addiction and examined whether prosocialness varied according to the presence of multiple addictions. METHODS: A sample of 5,675 young males, aged 19–29 years old (Mean = 21.4; Median = 21), completed a questionnaire that included screening tools to identify addictive behaviors with regards to alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, gambling, and gaming. The questionnaire also included a scale to measure prosocialness. RESULTS: Compared to a no-addiction control group, the subgroups of young men suffering from behavioral addictions (i.e., gambling and gaming) reported the lowest levels of prosocialness. Respondents with an alcohol addiction also showed lower prosocialness compared to no-addiction controls. By contrast, no significant differences in prosocialness were found between respondents with nicotine disorder or cannabis disorder and the no-addiction controls. Furthermore, the number of addictions had no clear, observable effects on prosocialness. Significant differences were found between the no-addiction control group and the groups reporting one or more addictions, but not between the separate groups reporting one, two, and three or more addictions. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: A better understanding of the social dimension affecting young males with addiction, particularly gambling and gaming addictions, may be useful for their prevention and treatment. Akadémiai Kiadó 2021-06-30 2021-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8996797/ /pubmed/34191744 http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.2021.00035 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Open Access. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated. |
spellingShingle | Article Tomei, Alexander Studer, Joseph Gmel, Gerhard Prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions |
title | Prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions |
title_full | Prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions |
title_fullStr | Prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions |
title_full_unstemmed | Prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions |
title_short | Prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions |
title_sort | prosocialness in young males with substance and behavioral addictions |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8996797/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34191744 http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2006.2021.00035 |
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