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<p>Women increasingly participate in gambling and present gambling-related problems. Research has not adequately addressed gender differences in etiology, maintenance, and treatment responses. This study compares women and men gamblers from a community sample (<i>Ν</i> = 1347, 996 male, Mean<sub>age</sub> = 37.11) throughout the Republic of Cyprus in demographics, gambling patterns, gambling motives, and emotion regulation. Analyses of variance showed that women preferred chance-based gambling more than men and reported greater financial difficulties that may motivate gambling. However, as indicated by regression analyses, for both genders, gambling to cope was the strongest predictor of gambling severity, which in turn was predicted by maladaptive emotion regulation. Moderation models indicated that for men, adaptive emotion regulation moderated the role of gambling motives on gambling severity. Findings suggest that while other gender differences need to be considered in designing targeted interventions, an emphasis on training into adaptive emotion regulation may represent a treatment and prevention target for both genders to reduce gambling to cope with unwanted experiences.</p>

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Women and Men Gamblers Compared: Differences in Gambling Patterns and the Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies and Motivation

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    2025年1月24日

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  • Marios Theodorou,
  • Klavdia Neophytou,
  • Tonia-Flery Artemi,
  • Christiana Theodorou,
  • Georgia Panayiotou

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Women increasingly participate in gambling and present gambling-related problems. Research has not adequately addressed gender differences in etiology, maintenance, and treatment responses. This study compares women and men gamblers from a community sample (Ν = 1347, 996 male, Meanage = 37.11) throughout the Republic of Cyprus in demographics, gambling patterns, gambling motives, and emotion regulation. Analyses of variance showed that women preferred chance-based gambling more than men and reported greater financial difficulties that may motivate gambling. However, as indicated by regression analyses, for both genders, gambling to cope was the strongest predictor of gambling severity, which in turn was predicted by maladaptive emotion regulation. Moderation models indicated that for men, adaptive emotion regulation moderated the role of gambling motives on gambling severity. Findings suggest that while other gender differences need to be considered in designing targeted interventions, an emphasis on training into adaptive emotion regulation may represent a treatment and prevention target for both genders to reduce gambling to cope with unwanted experiences.