Journal article
Compulsive Buying Behavior: Characteristics of Comorbidity with Gambling Disorder
Roser Granero, Fernando Fernandez-Aranda, Trevor Steward, Gemma Mestre-Bach, Marta Beno, Amparo del Pino-Gutierrez, Laura Moragas, Neus Aymami, Monica Gomez-Pena, Nuria Mallorqui-Bague, Salome Tarrega, Jose M Menchon, Susana Jimenez-Murcia
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2016
Abstract
Compulsive buying behavior (CBB) has begun to be recognized as a condition worthy of attention by clinicians and researchers. Studies on the commonalities between CBB and other behavioral addictions such as gambling disorder (GD) exist in the literature, but additional research is needed to assess the frequency and clinical relevance of the comorbidity of CBB and GD. The aim of the study was to estimate the point-prevalence of CBB+GD in a clinical setting. Data corresponded to n = 3221 treatment-seeking patients who met criteria for CBB or GD at a public hospital unit specialized in treating behavioral addictions. Three groups were compared: only-CBB (n = 127), only-GD (n = 3118) and comorbi..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This manuscript and research was supported by grants from Institute de Salud Carlos III (FIS PI11/00210, FIS14/00290, CIBERObn, CIBERsam, and cofunded by FEDER funds/European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) - a way to build Europe) and PROMOSAIVI (PSI2014-56303-REDT). CIBLRObn and CIBERSAM are both an initiative of ISCIII.