Coping Strategies, Creativity, Social Self-Efficacy, and Hypercompetitiveness in Gambling Behaviors: A Study on Male Adolescent Regular Gamblers.
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SUBMITTER: Passanisi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7385227 | biostudies-literature | 2020
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Coping Strategies, Creativity, Social Self-Efficacy, and Hypercompetitiveness in Gambling Behaviors: A Study on Male Adolescent Regular Gamblers.
Passanisi Alessia A D'Urso Giulio G Schimmenti Adriano A Ruggieri Stefano S Pace Ugo U
Frontiers in psychology 20200721
The purpose of this research was to explore the cognitive and personality characteristics of male adolescent gamblers. Participants were 273 teenage males (<i>M</i> = 18.04, <i>SD</i> = 2.10) attending betting centers in Sicily, who completed self-report questionnaires on gambling, creativity, perceived social self-efficacy, hypercompetitiveness, and coping strategies. Pathological gamblers reported higher levels of avoidant coping strategies than occasional gamblers. They also scored higher on ...[more]
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