The Application of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Model to Gambling Urge and Involvement
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Intolerance of Uncertainty and Gambling
1.2. The Roles of Emotion Regulation Difficulties
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedures
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Intolerance of Uncertainty
2.2.2. Difficulties in Emotion Regulation
2.2.3. Gambling Urge
2.2.4. Gambling Involvement
2.2.5. Demographics
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analysis
3.2. Hypothesis Testing (H1 to H5) by Correlation Analysis
3.3. Hypothesis Testing (H6 and H7) by Path Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
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1. Intolerance of uncertainty | 34.41 | 6.94 | -- | |||||||
2. Impulse control difficulties | 13.55 | 3.89 | 0.37 *** | -- | ||||||
3. Limited access to emotion regulation strategies | 19.38 | 5.32 | 0.47 *** | 0.74 *** | -- | |||||
4. Gambling urge | 13.52 | 7.19 | 0.11 ** | 0.29 *** | 0.21 *** | -- | ||||
5. Gambling frequency | 2.56 | 0.79 | −0.05 | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.30 *** | -- | |||
6. Gambling expenditure | 1.44 | 0.65 | 0.01 | 0.21 *** | 0.12 ** | 0.44 *** | 0.38 *** | -- | ||
7. Gambling knowledge acquisition | 1.74 | 0.87 | 0.06 | 0.15 *** | 0.10 * | 0.45 *** | 0.47 *** | 0.53 *** | -- | |
8. Age | 34.07 | 13.36 | −0.06 | 0.04 | −0.02 | 0.29 *** | 0.26 *** | 0.15 *** | 0.28 *** | -- |
9. Gender # | -- | -- | 0.07 | −0.03 | 0.07 | −0.21 *** | −0.13 ** | −0.13 ** | −0.16 *** | −0.34 *** |
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Zhou, H.; Hung, E.P.W.; Xie, L.; Yuan, Z.; Wu, A.M.S. The Application of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Model to Gambling Urge and Involvement. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14738. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214738
Zhou H, Hung EPW, Xie L, Yuan Z, Wu AMS. The Application of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Model to Gambling Urge and Involvement. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(22):14738. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214738
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhou, Hui, Eva P. W. Hung, Li Xie, Zhen Yuan, and Anise M. S. Wu. 2022. "The Application of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Model to Gambling Urge and Involvement" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 22: 14738. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214738