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PREDICTORS OF THERAPEUTIC FAILURE IN SLOT-MACHINE PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLERS FOLLOWING BEHAVIOURAL TREATMENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2002

Enrique Echeburúa ,
Javier Fernández-Montalvo  and
Concepción Báez
Enrique Echeburúa
Affiliation:
Universidad del País Vasco, San Sebastián, España
Javier Fernández-Montalvo
Affiliation:
Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, España
Concepción Báez
Affiliation:
Servicio Vasco de Salud, San Sebastián, España
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Abstract

The aim of this paper was to determine the features of pathological gamblers who dropped out of the treatment or relapsed within a one year follow-up period. The sample consisted of 69 patients selected according to DSM-IV criteria. Results indicated that the only difference between the patients who dropped out of treatment and the ones who completed was the level of state-anxiety. The former were more anxious than the latter. Predictive variables for the therapeutic failure were the dissatisfaction with the treatment, the high level of alcohol consumption, and the neuroticism as a personality variable. Implications of the study for clinical practice and future research in this field are commented upon.

Keywords

Pathological gamblingbehavioural treatmentdrop-outrelapsetherapeutic failurepredictive variables
Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 379 - 383
Copyright
© 2001 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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