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Profiling Metacognition in Gambling Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2014

Marcantonio M. Spada ,
Lucia Giustina ,
Silvia Rolandi ,
Bruce A. Fernie  and
Gabriele Caselli
Marcantonio M. Spada*
Affiliation:
London South Bank University, UK
Lucia Giustina
Affiliation:
Servizio Tossicodipendendenze, AUSL, Parma, Italy
Silvia Rolandi
Affiliation:
Universita di Pavia, Italy
Bruce A. Fernie
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and CASCAID, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Gabriele Caselli
Affiliation:
Studi Cognitivi, Cognitive Psychotherapy School, Modena, Italy
*
Reprint requests to Marcantonio M. Spada, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 OAA, UK. E-mail: spadam@lsbu.ac.uk
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Abstract

Background: Preliminary research has indicated that general facets of metacognition are associated with problem gambling. In the present study we aimed to investigate whether specific facets of metacognition play a role in explaining gambling initiation and perseveration in individuals presenting with gambling disorder. Aim: To investigate: (1) the presence of metacognitive beliefs about gambling; (2) the goal of gambling, and its start and stop signals; and (3) the perceived impact of gambling on self-consciousness. Method: Ten individuals with a diagnosis of gambling disorder were assessed using metacognitive profiling, a semi-structured interview. Results: Findings indicated that all participants endorsed both positive and negative metacognitive beliefs about gambling. The primary goal of gambling was to relieve economic hardship and improve cognitive-emotional state. All participants reported that they did not know when this goal was achieved. Start signals for gambling included the ideas and feelings that gambling could solve problems and sensations that it might be the right time to win. The stop signal for gambling, for all participants, was running out of money. All participants also reported a perceived reduction in self-consciousness during a gambling episode. Conclusions: These findings provide preliminary evidence that specific facets of metacognition play a role in gambling disorder.

Keywords

Addictive behavioursgamblinggambling disordermetacognitionmetacognitive beliefsproblem gambling

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 43 , Issue 5 , September 2015 , pp. 614 - 622
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2014 

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