Examining The Effects Of Mindfulness Practice And Trait Mindfulness On Gambling Symptoms In Women With Gambling Disorder: A Feasibility Study
INTERNATIONAL GAMBLING STUDIES(2020)
Abstract
Women with gambling disorder (GD) exhibit high comorbidity, late onset and rapid escalation of symptoms, and a tendency to gamble to cope with negative affect. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) may be especially helpful to address these issues. This project investigated the feasibility and therapeutic potential of a 10-week group MBI in treatment-seeking women with GD (n = 9). The sample exhibited high scores on multiple measures of dysfunction and risk for GD. MBI was associated with clinically and statistically significant decreases in the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale for Pathological Gambling and a Gambling Craving Scale; decreased severity on the Beck Depression Inventory (p < .05), and more consistent attention to negative affective words on an emotional Stroop task (p = .05). Childhood exposure to violence and paternal over-control were inter-correlated, and each predicted lower distress tolerance. A between-groups design, comparing MBI with a validated GD treatment, would reduce the burden of repeated testing and enable direct recruitment through a treatment service to better target treatment-seeking individuals and promote retention in future studies. These preliminary data support the feasibility and therapeutic potential of MBI for women with GD.
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Women, gambling, mindfulness, distress tolerance, Stroop
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