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Ruiz Pérez, J. I. (2014). Pathological gambling and alcohol dependence in a sample of workers and university students: prevalences, relationships and gender differences. Psychologia, 8(1), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.21500/19002386.1212
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Abstract
The aim of this research was to know pathological gambling prevalence in a Colombian people, relationships between pathological gambling
and alcohol drinking problems, and to explore differences between men and women. A university students and adult workers non-randomized
sample (n=150) answered the South Oaks Gambling Screen –sogs– and the Brief Questionnaire on Alcohol Dependence, several questions
on gaming patterns and social and demographic background. Results showed that, according to sogs scores, 13.4% of men and a 1.3% of
women were classified as pathological gamblers, and women reported a lower gambling frequencies than a direct correlation was founded between both drinking and pathological symptomatology, but men showed a stronger relationship between this indicators. Also, gambling
debts were correlated with SOGS scores for men, and with gambling frequency for women.
and alcohol drinking problems, and to explore differences between men and women. A university students and adult workers non-randomized
sample (n=150) answered the South Oaks Gambling Screen –sogs– and the Brief Questionnaire on Alcohol Dependence, several questions
on gaming patterns and social and demographic background. Results showed that, according to sogs scores, 13.4% of men and a 1.3% of
women were classified as pathological gamblers, and women reported a lower gambling frequencies than a direct correlation was founded between both drinking and pathological symptomatology, but men showed a stronger relationship between this indicators. Also, gambling
debts were correlated with SOGS scores for men, and with gambling frequency for women.
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