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Clin Infect Dis ; 78(2): 476-483, 2024 02 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37864849

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BACKGROUND: With more than 7500 cases reported since April 2022, Spain has experienced the highest incidence of mpox in Europe. From 12 July onward, the modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavaria Nordic (MVA-BN) smallpox vaccine was offered as pre-exposure prophylaxis for those receiving pre-exposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-PrEP). Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of 1 dose of MVA-BN vaccine as pre-exposure prophylaxis against mpox virus (MPXV) infection in persons on HIV-PrEP. METHODS: National retrospective cohort study between 12 July and 12 December 2022. Individuals aged ≥18 years receiving HIV-PrEP as of 12 July with no previous MPXV infection or vaccination were eligible. Each day, we matched individuals receiving a first dose of vaccine and unvaccinated controls of the same age and region. We used a Kaplan-Meier estimator, calculated risk ratios (RR) and vaccine effectiveness (VE = [1 - RR]x100). RESULTS: We included 5660 matched pairs, with a median follow-up of 62 days (interquartile range, 24-97). Mpox cumulative incidence was 5.6 per 1000 (25 cases) in unvaccinated and 3.5 per 1000 (18 cases) in vaccinated. No effect was found during days 0-6 post-vaccination (VE, -38.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], -332.7 to 46.4), but VE was 65% at ≥7 days (95% CI, 22.9 to 88.0) and 79% at ≥14 days (95% CI, 33.3 to 100.0) post-vaccination. CONCLUSIONS: One dose of MVA-BN vaccine offered protection against mpox in most-at-risk population shortly after the vaccination. Further studies need to assess the VE of a second dose and the duration of protection over time.


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Infecções por HIV , Mpox , Vacinas , Vacínia , Humanos , Adolescente , Adulto , Vacínia/prevenção & controle , Estudos de Coortes , Estudos Retrospectivos , Vaccinia virus , Vacinação , Monkeypox virus , Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia , Infecções por HIV/prevenção & controle
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Compr Psychiatry ; 122: 152364, 2023 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36682199

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Alexithymia and psychological symptomatology have been closely associated with gambling disorder (GD). However, sex differences remain underexplored. This study aims, firstly, to explore the differences between groups (GD and no-GD) and sexes (women vs. men) in alexithymia and psychological symptomatology (depression, anxiety and hostility). Secondly, the relationship between alexithymia and psychological symptomatology was analysed by gambling and sex groups. Thirdly, it examines the moderation role of sex and gambling in the relationship between alexithymia and each psychological symptom. METHOD: The sample was composed of 80 people with GD diagnosis and 80 without GD (40 women and 40 men in each group). RESULTS: The results showed that alexithymia is positively related to depression, anxiety and hostility, with significantly higher scores in people with GD. Moderation analyses showed a threefold interaction, in which higher alexithymia was related to higher depression for men with GD but not for GD-women. However, in women with GD, depression levels are higher than in people without GD and tend to be more stable over time, despite the lack of effect of alexithymia. CONCLUSIONS: These results provide evidence indicating that dysfunctional psychological symptomatology affects people with GD to a greater extent than people without GD, but also that the aetiology and effect of underlying vulnerability factors on gambling is different according to sex. The need of prevention and treatment programmes that consider different psychological aspects depending on sex is reinforced.


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Jogo de Azar , Humanos , Feminino , Masculino , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Depressão/psicologia , Sintomas Afetivos/psicologia , Hostilidade , Ansiedade/psicologia
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Public Health ; 223: 24-32, 2023 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37597461

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INTRODUCTION: Emotional dependence, anxious-depressive symptoms and substance use have been associated with gambling disorder (GD). Although anxiety and depression have been predominantly related to female gamblers and substance abuse to male gamblers, the role of emotional dependence in GD is unknown. Moreover, sex differences remain underexplored. OBJECTIVES: First, to explore possible differences in emotional dependence, anxious-depressive symptoms and substance abuse by group (GD and non-GD) and sex (women vs men). Second, to analyse the predictive role of emotional dependence in alcohol and drug abuse and anxious-depressive symptoms in patients with GD as a function of sex. METHODS: Instruments to measure gambling (SOGS), emotional dependence (CDE), anxious-depressive symptoms (SCL-90-R) and substance abuse (MULTICAGE CAD-4) were administered to 108 people with GD diagnosis (60 women and 48 men) and 429 without GD (342 women and 87 men). STUDY DESIGN: The research is an analytical cross-sectional study. RESULTS: The results showed that the group with GD scored significantly higher than the non-GD group on alcohol abuse, symptoms of depression and anxiety, and emotional dependence, but not on drug abuse. In the group with GD, emotional dependence predicted alcohol and drug abuse in women, and emotional dependence predicted anxiety and depressive symptoms in men. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that women with GD who consume alcohol or drugs would benefit from therapies addressing loneliness, borderline expression, attention-seeking and affective expression. Men with GD who report anxious-depressive symptomatology would benefit from therapeutic strategies to deal with separation anxiety and attention-seeking.


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Jogo de Azar , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias , Humanos , Feminino , Masculino , Jogo de Azar/epidemiologia , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Estudos Transversais , Emoções , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/epidemiologia , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/psicologia , Ansiedade/epidemiologia , Ansiedade/psicologia , Etanol , Comorbidade
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J Gambl Stud ; 39(4): 1815-1832, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37733147

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A growing body of research indicates differences between men and women with gambling disorder. However, although alexithymia, gambling motives or abandonment have been associated with GD, women's clinical profile remains unexplored. This study aims, firstly, to explore mean differences in gambling motives (i.e. enhancement, coping and social [SOC]), the early maladaptive abandonment schema, alexithymia and depression in women and men with GD. Secondly, to analyse the correlation between the aforementioned variables as a function of sex. Thirdly, to examine the predictive role of gambling motives, early abandonment schema and alexithymia in depression as a function of sex. Lastly, to analyse the mediating role of COP between the early maladaptive abandonment schema and depression in women with GD, and the mediating role of ENH and the early maladaptive abandonment schema between alexithymia and depression in men with GD. The sample comprised 108 adults with GD diagnosis, of whom 60 were women and 48 were men. Regression and mediation analyses were carried out to explore possible sex differences in GD, through the SPSS programme. Results showed that depressive symptoms are predicted by alexithymia in men with GD and by the early maladaptive abandonment schema in women with GD. Regarding mediation analyses, the results suggest that COP mediated the relationship between early abandonment schema and depressive symptoms in females; and ENH and abandonment schema mediated the relationship between alexithymia and depressive symptoms in males. These results provide evidence of the relevance of considering sex differences when establishing therapeutic strategies in GD rehabilitation.


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Depressão , Jogo de Azar , Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Sintomas Afetivos , Caracteres Sexuais , Motivação
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J Gambl Stud ; 39(2): 513-529, 2023 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36152111

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Gambling disorder is a high comorbid disorder in substance abusers which conjunct appearance is related to worse symptomatology and evolution. Nevertheless, the research on the risk factors that may explain this comorbidity is scarce. We build of the self-regulation theory of attachment and addiction to examine if insecure attachment is related to gambling comorbidity in substance abuse disorder and the mediating role of alexithymia in this process. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 369 clinical patients with substance use disorder of which 69 presented comorbid gambling disorder diagnosed with the DSM-5 criteria. Results showed that insecure attachment was more prevalent in the group with comorbid gambling. In this group, the alexithymia levels were also higher and mediated the relationship in between attachment and gambling disorder comorbidity even controlling for several sociodemographic variables. This research indicates that insecure attachment enhances the risk of gambling comorbidity on substance abusers due to the detrimental effect on the self-regulation of emotion. Thus, interventions directed to increase the identification, expression and awareness of emotions might help to reduce comorbidity of gambling of substance use disorders.


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Jogo de Azar , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias , Humanos , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Sintomas Afetivos/psicologia , Estudos Transversais , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/psicologia , Emoções , Comorbidade
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J Gambl Stud ; 39(3): 1399-1416, 2023 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36181619

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The presence of unsuitable coping and emotion regulation strategies in young populations with gambling disorder (GD) and in those who have experienced cyberbullying victimization has been suggested. However, this association has not been explored in depth. In this study, our aim was to analyze individual differences in emotion regulation, coping strategies, and substance abuse in a clinical sample of adolescents and young adult patients with GD (n = 31) and in a community sample (n = 250). Furthermore, we aimed to examine the association between cyberbullying and GD. Participants were evaluated using the Cyberbullying Questionnaire-Victimization, the Canadian Adolescent Gambling Inventory, the Coping Strategies Inventory, the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test. Structural Equation Modeling was used to explore associations between these factors in a community sample and in a clinical group. In both groups, exposure to cyberbullying behaviors was positively associated with higher emotion dysregulation and the use of maladaptative coping styles. Our findings uphold that adolescents and young adults who were victims of cyberbullying show difficulties in emotion regulation and maladaptive coping strategies when trying to solve problems. The specific contribution of sex, age, gambling severity, emotion regulation, and coping strategies on cyberbullying severity is also discussed. Populations at vulnerable ages could potentially benefit from public prevention policies that target these risk factors.


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Alcoolismo , Vítimas de Crime , Cyberbullying , Regulação Emocional , Jogo de Azar , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias , Adolescente , Adulto Jovem , Humanos , Cyberbullying/psicologia , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Canadá , Adaptação Psicológica , Vítimas de Crime/psicologia
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J Intellect Disabil ; : 17446295231154109, 2023 Jan 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36683275

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Bullying has been a recurrent phenomenon throughout the history of education. Among those most vulnerable are those with intellectual disabilities who tend to suffer greater levels of victimisation. The purpose of this research is to analyse the prevalence of bullying of students with intellectual disability in ordinary schools compared to special education schools. The project used a nonexperimental, descriptive and correlational methodology with a sample of 99 students who completed the validated European Bellying Intervention Project Questionnaire measurement tool. The results show that the majority of students who were victimised by bullies left their ordinary school during secondary education. Within ordinary schools, students with disabilities are more likely to experience bullying in the role of victim while in special education schools the most frequent role is that of observer.

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Curr Psychol ; : 1-12, 2023 Feb 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36855642

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In recent years, several studies have shown that the incidence of buying-shopping disorder (BSD) is increasing. Impulsivity is one of the factors involved in its aetiology and is related to emotional dependence. In addition, early affective deprivation may trigger emotional dependence. The aims of the present study weresal: to compare the types of attachment, levels of emotional dependence, impulsivity and BSD according to sex; to determine whether the proposed relational model is fulfilled; and analyse possible differences in this model in terms of the sample's sex. The sample consisted of 1498 adolescents (53.8% men and 46.2% women) from Ecuador whose age ranged from 14 to 18 years (M = 15.77, SD = 1.21). The results showed that a preoccupied attachment style is indirectly related to a higher risk of BSD due to emotional dependence when impulsivity levels are medium or high because emotional dependence is moderated by impulsivity. The study variables are related in the same way in men and women but boys show higher levels of preoccupied attachment, impulsivity, emotional dependence and BSD. This study gives us a clearer picture of how these variables are related and provides information that could be of great use in assisting people with BSD. This knowledge could be applied to improve both the treatment and prevention of this problem.

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J Gambl Stud ; 38(1): 15-29, 2022 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34250551

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Alexithymia, difficulties in emotion regulation, and negative affect play an important role in adolescents who present pathological gambling. Therefore, the objectives of the present study were, firstly, to analyze the differences between alexithymia, difficulties in emotion regulation, and positive and negative affect in adolescents with and without risk of gambling problems. Secondly, the relationships between all the variables of the study in adolescents with and without risk of problem gambling were analyzed separately. Thirdly, we analyzed the mediating role of positive and negative affect in the relationship between alexithymia and dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies (ERS) in adolescents at risk of gambling problems. The sample was composed of 206 adolescents with ages ranging from 12 to 18 years (M = 15.52; SD = 1.43). They were divided into two groups according to the score obtained in the South Oaks Gambling Screen-Revised for Adolescents (SOGS-RA). Thus, 84 were included in the group without risk of gambling problems and 122 in the group at risk of gambling problems. The results obtained revealed higher scores in negative affect and pathological gambling in the group at risk of gambling problems. Likewise, positive relationships between alexithymia, maladaptive emotion regulation strategies (MERS), and affect were found. Mediation analyses showed that difficulties in identifying feelings were indirectly related to greater use of dysfunctional ERS through their relationship with negative affect in at-risk gamblers.


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Regulação Emocional , Jogo de Azar , Adolescente , Sintomas Afetivos/psicologia , Criança , Emoções , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Humanos
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Molecules ; 27(20)2022 Oct 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36296733

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Drug products used for treating tuberculosis are one of the most widely reported medicines to be classified as falsified or substandard in low- and middle-income countries, representing a major hazard to health. The aim of this study was, firstly, to develop an ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) method which is able to analyze fixed combination tablets with up to four active pharmaceutical ingredients, including isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin, and ethambutol. Secondly, we aimed to optimize it through the design of experiments and multi-linear regression based on a central composite design and to validate it according to the guidelines of the International Conference on Harmonization. The application of this tools enabled the identification of the influential factors (flow rate, formic acid, and temperature) and their effects on the studied responses (retention factor and percentage for each drug) as part of the quality by design approach. The method proved to be to be linear in the range from 5.0 to 15 µg/mL for isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and rifampicin, being precise (<1%) and accurate (97−101%). In addition, the method validated for ethambutol proved to be linear from 1.4 to 4.2 µg/mL, as well as precise (0.54%) and accurate (97.3%). The method was stability indicated for all the active pharmaceutical ingredients studied and was able to detect two substandard formulations sampled on the African market.


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Medicamentos Fora do Padrão , Tuberculose , Humanos , Etambutol/química , Pirazinamida/uso terapêutico , Pirazinamida/química , Isoniazida/uso terapêutico , Isoniazida/química , Rifampina/uso terapêutico , Rifampina/química , Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Antituberculosos/química , Tuberculose/tratamento farmacológico , Cromatografia Líquida , Comprimidos
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J Gambl Stud ; 37(2): 497-514, 2021 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32728984

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Attachment and alexithymia play a central role in the appearance and persistence of pathological gambling and related comorbid addictive behaviours among adolescents and young adults. The aim of the present study was to explore the differences between problem gamblers and non-problem gamblers in gambling severity, spending, video gaming, alcohol and drugs use, attachment, and alexithymia, as well as the interaction among these variables. The study sample included 560 participants non-problem gamblers (mean age = 15.49 years) and 54 problem gamblers (mean age = 16.43 years). Gambling disorder (SOGS-RA), drugs, alcohol, video games and spending (MULTICAGE CAD-4), attachment (IPPA), and alexithymia (TAS-20) were measured. Student's t, Pearson's r, and multiple mediation analyses were conducted. Problem gamblers scored significantly higher in all substance and non-substance addictive behaviours and alexithymia; as well as significantly lower scores in mother and father attachment scales. Moreover, gambling was negatively associated to father and mother attachment, and positively associated to alexithymia. Finally, alexithymia was found to mediate between parental attachment and gambling, spending, videogame, drug and alcohol abuse, especially in the case of mother attachment. This study demonstrated that adolescent and young adult problem gamblers show higher comorbid addictions than non-problem gamblers, in the same way as higher levels of alexithymia and poorer father attachment. Given that higher comorbidity in early ages is associated with worse prognosis and higher psychopathology in adult life, early detection and treatment purposes becomes essential.


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Sintomas Afetivos/psicologia , Transtornos Disruptivos, de Controle do Impulso e da Conduta/psicologia , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Adolescente , Comportamento Aditivo/psicologia , Criança , Comorbidade , Humanos , Masculino , Transtorno Reativo de Vinculação na Infância/psicologia , Fatores de Risco , Jogos de Vídeo/psicologia
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J Gambl Stud ; 37(2): 643-661, 2021 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32809101

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Gambling motives and cognitive distortions are thought to be associated because both coping and financial motives to gamble appear to be predictors of gambling related cognitive distortions. Therefore, there is an argument to be made that gambling motives, cognitive distortions, and materialism share common attributes and might be related to problem gambling severity. The present paper aims to examine the relationship between these three variables, both in a clinical and community setting, to see if they can predict gambling severity. A sample of 250 participants from the general population and 31 participants from the clinical population was recruited. The results showed that the clinical sample scored higher on gambling severity, cognitive distortions, materialism, and gambling motives. It also showed that low scores in enhancement motives and higher scores in social motives and gambling related cognitions predicted gambling severity in older gamblers, whereas for younger patients, gambling severity was best predicted by higher scores in materialism and coping motives, and lower scores for enhancement and social motives. In the community sample, gambling severity correlated with gambling related cognitive distortions and with gambling motives (except for social and coping motives within the women subsample). These results testify to the importance of materialism, cognitive distortions, and gambling motives as risk factors for problem gambling both in community and clinical samples.


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Comportamento do Adolescente/psicologia , Comportamento Aditivo/psicologia , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Psicologia do Adolescente , Recompensa , Adaptação Psicológica , Adolescente , Cognição , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Motivação , Fatores de Risco , Autocontrole/psicologia , Adulto Jovem
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J Gambl Stud ; 37(2): 483-495, 2021 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32436155

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People with gambling disorder (GD) exhibit distorted cognitions and superstitious beliefs more often than the general population. Similarly, difficulties in coping and emotion dysregulation are more prevalent among those with GD, and could determine the onset of GD in particularly vulnerable groups such as adolescents. This study examines the relationship between gambling severity and gambling-related cognitions with coping strategies and emotion regulation. Also, it explores how accurately gambling severity and gambling-related cognitions were able to predict emotion regulation and coping strategies. Two groups were recruited and analyzed: a community sample comprising 250 adolescents and young adults from secondary education schools, and a clinical sample of 31 patients with similar age characteristics seeking treatment for GD. The participants from the clinical sample scored higher on gambling severity, emotion dysregulation, cognitive biases, and maladaptive coping strategies. In the community sample, cognitive biases mediated the relationship between sex and emotion dysregulation and disengagement. People with GD use more often than controls maladaptive emotion regulation strategies to manage negative emotional states. This perspective emphasizes the need to focus on coping with emotions, as opposed to coping with problems, as the best approach to tackle gambling problems.


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Comportamento Aditivo/psicologia , Cognição/fisiologia , Regulação Emocional , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Adaptação Psicológica , Adolescente , Emoções , Humanos , Masculino , Autocontrole/psicologia , Inquéritos e Questionários
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J Gambl Stud ; 36(4): 1283-1300, 2020 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31535265

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Gambling disorder may be linked with different gambling motives such as enhancement, social, and coping motives, and vulnerability factors such as attachment, emotion regulation and coping. The aim of this study was to measure the link between gambling motives and vulnerability factors in adolescents. The sample comprised 472 students recruited from high schools and vocational education centers (mean age 15.6, SD = 1.33). Gambling motives, gambling severity, parent and peer attachment, coping strategies, and difficulties in emotion regulation were assessed. The results showed that parent and peer attachment correlated with gambling motives (enhancement, social, and coping), whereas parent attachment predicted gambling motives. Difficulties of emotion regulation correlated with gambling motives, with lack of control standing out as the most significant predictor. Coping strategies also correlated with gambling motives, and maladaptive strategies predicted gambling motives. Additionally, gambling motives correlated with gambling severity, with coping and enhancement motives as predictors of gambling severity. Moreover, boys reported more enhancement motives and gambling severity than girls. Finally, difficulties in emotion regulation mediated the relationship between gambling motives and gambling severity. These results may be useful for prevention and intervention in gambling disorder in adolescents and young people.


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Adaptação Psicológica , Regulação Emocional , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Motivação , Psicologia do Adolescente , Adolescente , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Grupo Associado , Adulto Jovem
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J Gambl Stud ; 36(3): 903-920, 2020 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32253656

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Sports betting products rely upon a balance between their knowledge and chance based structural characteristics. The emphasis by bookmakers on mastering the knowledge-based elements to become winners poses significant challenges for those seeking help for gambling disorder. Bettors find difficulties in integrating their preconceptions about the role of knowledge and skills in winning, into the new cognitive restructuring fostered by cognitive-behavioural therapy. Using a grounded theory approach, this study collected data from 43 Spanish sports bettors undergoing treatment for gambling disorder. The results suggest sports bettors neutralize some gambling-related cognitive distortions during CBT but retain others. Sports bettors try to eliminate them but encounter external validation to retain them, as well as internal incongruences to integrate them into a coherent understanding of how gambling works. The results are discussed with the aim of providing practical guidance as to how skill versus chance related persistent cognitions can be addressed in CBT.


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Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental/métodos , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Jogo de Azar/terapia , Esportes/psicologia , Adulto , Cognição , Humanos , Controle Interno-Externo , Masculino , Comunicação Persuasiva , Assunção de Riscos
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J Gambl Stud ; 36(3): 937-955, 2020 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31606863

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Betting on sport is one of the fastest developing forms of gambling internationally. Sports betting is attracting considerable scholarly, media, and regulatory attention due to the cultural salience of sport, and the rising public health concerns about the rapid proliferation and penetration of betting products in everyday life. Despite its global expansion, little is known regarding the comparative impact sports betting is having in different territories. This study aims to examine a sample of Australian (n = 738) and Spanish (n = 361) weekly sports bettors to assess their similarities and differences concerning sociodemographic characteristics, channels (i.e., online vs. offline) and devices used, in-play betting, and problem gambling severity. The findings showed high problem gambling scores among sports bettors in both countries, and consistent similarities in the association between problem gambling, in-play betting, and offline betting. Also, clear trends were observed between problem gambling, higher educational level, and female sport betting, particularly in the Australian sample. These results suggest a common pattern of risk factors for problematic sports betting and can help to inform worldwide regulatory efforts to tackle harmful sports betting-specific features such as in-play betting.


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Comportamento Aditivo/psicologia , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Esportes/psicologia , Jogos de Vídeo/psicologia , Adulto , Austrália , Comparação Transcultural , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , Assunção de Riscos , Autoeficácia , Espanha , Adulto Jovem
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Drug Dev Ind Pharm ; 46(2): 309-317, 2020 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31944867

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Objective: Develop a child-friendly Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) water-dispersible tablet for Tuberculosis (TB) treatment, with 50, 150, and 75 mg of isoniazid, pyrazinamide and rifampicin respectively. This new formulation must contain the lowest number of excipients accepted for pediatrics and fulfill all the pharmacopeia requirements.Significance: At present, there is no adequate market dosage form available for children. There is, however, one in a prequalification phase by the World Health Organization but its composition contains excipients which may not be suitable for pediatrics. Therefore, this new formulation would cover this therapeutic gap.Methods: A factorial design, based on three quantitative factors (compression force and concentration of AcDiSol® and Explosol®) at three levels each, was performed to elucidate their influence over disintegration time and friability. In addition, the influence of the press speed on disintegration time, friability, tensile strength, fineness of dispersion and content uniformity over the target tablet was tested. A stability test was done following ICH guideline for accelerated conditions.Results: Tablets developed with 9% w/w of Explosol® and a compression force of 16 kN disintegrated in less than 3 min and showed a friability below 1% when 15-mm punches were used. The tableting process could be done up to 25 and 50 cycles/minute ensuring good quality attributes when 15 and 12-mm punches were used, respectively. All APIs remained inside the limit of ± 5% of drug content till 6 months of storage.Conclusion: A high-quality child-friendly FDC water-dispersible tablet was developed improving the treatment of TB in pediatric.


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Antituberculosos/administração & dosagem , Antituberculosos/química , Isoniazida/química , Pirazinamida/química , Rifampina/química , Comprimidos/química , Tuberculose/tratamento farmacológico , Química Farmacêutica/métodos , Criança , Composição de Medicamentos/métodos , Excipientes/química , Dureza/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Isoniazida/administração & dosagem , Pediatria/métodos , Pirazinamida/administração & dosagem , Rifampina/administração & dosagem , Solubilidade/efeitos dos fármacos , Comprimidos/administração & dosagem , Resistência à Tração
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Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract ; 24(4): 407-415, 2020 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32643498

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OBJECTIVE: The comorbidity between gambling disorder (GD) and buying-shopping disorder (BSD) has led to explore the core features that could be interacting between them. The main aim of this study was to examine the differences in both conditions considering emotion dysregulation, coping and materialism, as well as the relationship between these variables and their interaction with age and sex. METHODS: A community sample (n = 281 adolescents) and a sample of individuals with GD (n = 31) was compared. Both samples were split into a group with BSD and a group without it. RESULTS: The prevalence of participants who met the criteria for BSD was higher in the GD sample than in the community sample; the GD sample also presented higher values in the psychological variables studied. In the community sample group, positive associations were found between BSD severity and materialism and emotion dysregulation levels. In the GD sample, BSD severity was higher for participants who reported higher levels in materialism and lower scores in coping strategies. Variables impacted BSD severity differently according to sex and age covariates. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the interaction of the variables could be useful to design prevention and treatment approaches addressed to specific groups of age and sex. KEY POINTS Buying-shopping disorder (BSD) has been compared in clinical and community samples. The clinical sample was constituted by Gambling disorder (GD) patients. The variables emotion dysregulation, coping and materialism have been considered. Variables impacted BSD severity differently according to sex and age covariates.


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Adaptação Psicológica/fisiologia , Sintomas Afetivos/fisiopatologia , Comportamento do Consumidor , Transtornos Disruptivos, de Controle do Impulso e da Conduta/fisiopatologia , Regulação Emocional/fisiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Atitude , Feminino , Jogo de Azar/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Fatores Sexuais , Adulto Jovem
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J Gambl Stud ; 35(2): 571-585, 2019 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30116945

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The way society perceives problem gambling, and its effects on how problem gamblers perceive themselves have significant consequences on the wellbeing of people experiencing gambling disorder. Associated with social perception, stigma and other social perception-related features have an impact on the way problem gamblers identify themselves, seek for help, and recover. However, not all gambling types are identically perceived by the society. The present paper examines the case of the social perception of sports betting in the context of Spain. A total of 43 male sports bettors undergoing treatment for gambling disorder were interviewed within seven focus group discussions. Using a qualitative thematic analysis technique, participants reported two fundamental characteristics of sports betting social perception: (1) the absence of negative connotations associated with sports betting comparative to other gambling forms; and (2) the presence of positive connotations that sanitised sports betting as a harmless practice. The study reports aspects such as the lack of stereotypes, the low-involvement of betting as a product, the novelty of online sports betting, the social construction of the normal bettor, and the workplace gambling normalisation as elements that could lead to an increase in gambling-related harm. This is the first study to explore the social perception of sports betting in a subgroup of problem sports bettors and suggests that policymakers should be cognizant of these perceptions in order to inform responsible gambling regulation .


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Comportamento Aditivo/psicologia , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Percepção Social , Estigma Social , Adulto , Grupos Focais , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pesquisa Qualitativa , Espanha , Esportes , Adulto Jovem
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Scand J Psychol ; 60(4): 348-360, 2019 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31087666

RESUMO

Gambling, video gaming, and Internet use are typically included as everyday activities that could potentially become behavioral addictions. There is growing evidence that views non-substance related addictions as coping mechanisms, and considers that attachment styles are likely to play a pivotal role on the development of such addictions, especially on young people. Therefore, the present study aimed to: (1) explore the association between attachment, coping, and behavioral addictions (i.e., gambling disorder, video game addiction, and problematic Internet use); and (2) to analyze the mediating/moderating effect that coping has in the relationship of attachment and these behavioral addictions. A sample consisting of 472 students from secondary education (Mean age = 15.6; SD = 1.33; 51.6% females) was recruited. The findings showed a negative association between attachment and behavioral addictions. Most coping strategies were found to be associated with attachment styles, except for self-critique and emotional avoidance. In particular, problem avoidance was significantly correlated to all behavioral addictions. In addition, self-blame and problem solving were significantly correlated to video game addiction and problematic Internet use. Finally, coping was found to act as a mediator and moderator between attachment and video game addiction and problematic Internet use.


Assuntos
Adaptação Psicológica/fisiologia , Comportamento do Adolescente/psicologia , Comportamento Aditivo/psicologia , Apego ao Objeto , Jogos de Vídeo/psicologia , Adolescente , Emoções , Feminino , Jogo de Azar/psicologia , Humanos , Internet , Masculino , Estudantes/psicologia
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