Where Do Gambling Problems Fit in the Structure of Psychopathology During Emerging Adulthood?

ABSTRACT: Research suggests major mental disorders co-occur at higher than chance levels. In adult samples, a two factor structure emerges when modeling the higher order structure of psychopathology. Specifically, disorders tend to co-aggregate into two dimensions: Internalizing (depression and anxiety) and Externalizing (acting out, impulsive, and addictive) disorders. Despite this large body of evidence, few studies have integrated problem gambling into this overall model. We used confirmatory factor analysis to model how the symptom count of gambling fits into the structure of psychopathology in a large, community based young adult twin sample of men and women (age 24; N=1329). Twins were assessed via in-person, structured diagnostic interviews on disorders including: Major Depression, Phobias, P

SUBMITTER: King SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7540909 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature