TY - JOUR
T1 - Obsessive-compulsive aspects and pathological gambling in an Italian sample
AU - Janiri, Luigi
AU - Di Giannantonio, Massimo
AU - Petruccelli, Filippo
AU - Diotaiuti, Pierluigi
AU - Verrastro, Valeria
AU - Petruccelli, Irene
AU - Carenti, Maria Luisa
AU - De Berardis, Domenico
AU - Iasevoli, Felice
AU - Valchera, Alessandro
AU - Fornaro, Michele
AU - Martinotti, Giovanni
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Gambling behaviour appears as repetitive and difficult to resist and seems to be aimed at neutralizing or reducing negative feelings such as anxiety and tension, confirming its similarities with the obsessive-compulsive spectrum. Aims. Estimating the prevalence of gambling behaviour in an Italian sample and assessing the effects of sociodemographic variables and the correlations between gambling behaviour and obsessive-compulsive features.
AB - Gambling behaviour appears as repetitive and difficult to resist and seems to be aimed at neutralizing or reducing negative feelings such as anxiety and tension, confirming its similarities with the obsessive-compulsive spectrum. Aims. Estimating the prevalence of gambling behaviour in an Italian sample and assessing the effects of sociodemographic variables and the correlations between gambling behaviour and obsessive-compulsive features.
KW - obsessive-compulsive
KW - pathological gambling
KW - obsessive-compulsive
KW - pathological gambling
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/65184
U2 - 10.1155/2014/167438
DO - 10.1155/2014/167438
M3 - Article
VL - 2014
SP - 167438
EP - 167438
JO - BioMed Research International
JF - BioMed Research International
SN - 2314-6133
ER -