Examining the effects of mindfulness practice and trait mindfulness on gambling symptoms in women with gambling disorder: a feasibility study

Jan van der Tempel, Katelin McDermott, Mark Niepage, Tracie O. Afifi, Shelley McMain, Farah Jindani, Ian Singer, Isabel Paniak, Sana Anwer, Karen Menezes, Daniela Lobo and Martin Zack

International Gambling Studies, 2020, vol. 20, issue 1, 114-134

Abstract: Women with gambling disorder (GD) exhibit high comorbidity, late onset and rapid escalation of symptoms, and a tendency to gamble to cope with negative affect. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) may be especially helpful to address these issues. This project investigated the feasibility and therapeutic potential of a 10-week group MBI in treatment-seeking women with GD (n = 9). The sample exhibited high scores on multiple measures of dysfunction and risk for GD. MBI was associated with clinically and statistically significant decreases in the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale for Pathological Gambling and a Gambling Craving Scale; decreased severity on the Beck Depression Inventory (p

Date: 2020
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