Maladaptive Personality Traits and Their Interaction with Outcome Expectancies in Gaming Disorder and Internet-Related Disorders

Kai W. Müller, Jennifer Werthmann, Manfred E. Beutel, Klaus Wölfling and Boris Egloff
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Kai W. Müller: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Outpatient Clinic for Behavioral Addictions, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
Jennifer Werthmann: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Outpatient Clinic for Behavioral Addictions, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
Manfred E. Beutel: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Outpatient Clinic for Behavioral Addictions, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
Klaus Wölfling: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Outpatient Clinic for Behavioral Addictions, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany
Boris Egloff: Division Personality and Psychological Assessment, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55122 Mainz, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 8, 1-11

Abstract: Gambling disorder and gaming disorder have recently been recognized as behavioral addictions in the ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases, 11th edition). The association between behavioral addictions and personality has been examined before, yet there is a lack of studies on maladaptive traits and their relationship to specific outcome expectancies. In study 1, we recruited a community sample ( n = 365); in study 2 a sample of treatment-seekers was enrolled ( n = 208). Maladaptive personality traits were assessed by the brief form of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition). Internet-related outcome expectancies were measured by the Virtual Expectancy Questionnaire. In the clinical sample, the Global Assessment of Functioning was additionally administered. Behavioral Addictions were closely associated with maladaptive traits that in turn were related to a poorer level of psychosocial functioning. There is evidence for an exacerbated risk of internet-related disorders when specific outcome expectancies and maladaptive traits interact. Implications for phenomenology and treatment are discussed.

Keywords: DSM-5; gambling disorder; internet gaming disorder; internet-related disorders; maladaptive personality traits; outcome expectancies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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